St. Helenian English : origins, evolution, and variation
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St. Helenian English : origins, evolution, and variation
（Varieties of English around the world, . General series ; v. G37）
John Benjamins, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-303) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume provides the first-ever sociolinguistic analysis of English on the island of St Helena, the oldest variety of English in the Southern Hemisphere. It is based on a concise synchronic profile of the variety (describing its segmental phonology and morphosyntax) and an evaluation of diachronic material in the form of letters, court cases, ghost stories, etc. The analysis is embedded into a theoretical framework of contact linguistics (contact dialectology and pidgin/creole linguistics) and builds upon the social and sociodemographic development of the community. The aims of this book are to trace the origins and evolution of the variety, to pinpoint the forms of English it affiliates with today and the inputs it derived from historically and to investigate whether local contact scenarios have led to the formation of regionally distinctive varieties across the island. Insights from St Helenian English thus challenge us to rethink principles of classification that are applied to determine the status of post-colonial varieties of English.
Table of Contents
- 1. Chapter 1. Introduction
- 2. Chapter 2. How St Helenian English could have formed: Principles of contact linguistics
- 3. Chapter 3. Historical, sociodemographic and sociolinguistic background
- 4. Chapter 4. Evidence of earlier St Helenian English
- 5. Chapter 5. Synchrony I: A descriptive profile of 20th century St Helenian English
- 6. Chapter 6. Synchrony II. A variationist analysis of 20th century St Helenian English
- 7. Chapter 7. Summary and conclusion
- 8. Appendices
- 9. References
- 10. Index
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