Isolation and language change : contemporary and sociohistorical evidence from Tristan da Cunha English

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Isolation and language change : contemporary and sociohistorical evidence from Tristan da Cunha English

Daniel Schreier

(Palgrave Macmillan studies in language variation)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index

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内容説明

Extremely isolated communities offer 'laboratory conditions' for examining the processes of language change and dialect formation. This book presents findings of the first-ever ethnographic fieldwork on the most remote island in the world with a permanent population, Tristan da Cunha. It documents the historical formation of a unique local dialect and investigates the sociolinguistic mechanisms that underlie dialect contact and new-dialect formation. It also uncovers the linguistic consequences of post-insularity - language change processes as a result of increasing contacts with other communities and speakers. Researchers and students of language variation will find this book a unique resource.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Contact, Isolation and Language Change: A Theoretical Framework Tristan da Cunha Methodology and Fieldwork Determining Input Interaction - Present Tense Concord Categoricality and Homogenisation - Present/past be regularisation Dynamism vs Retention - Completive done Innovation and Independent Developments - useta went Conclusion Notes Appendix: Some Phonetic and Phonological Aspects of Tristan da Cunha English Bibliography Index

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