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001 2009047109
003 DLC
005 20091109113241.0
008 091109s2010 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009047109
020 $a9780521883962 (hardback)
020 $a9780521710169 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPE2751$b.L47 2010
082 00 $a427$222
245 04 $aThe lesser-known varieties of English :$ban introduction /$cedited by Daniel Schreier ... [et al.].
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
263 $a1001
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aStudies in English language
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change"--Provided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar W. Schneider and Jeffrey Williams; Part I. The British Isles: 2. Shetlands and Orkney Gunnel Melchers and Peter Sundkvist; 3. Channel Islands Mari C. Jones; Part II. The Americas and the Caribbean: 4. Canadian maritimes Michael Kiefte; 5. Newfoundland and Labrador Sandra Clarke; 6. Honduras/Bay Islands Ross Graham; 7. White Caribbean Jeffrey P. Williams; 8. Bahamas Jeff Reaser, 9. Dominican Kokoy Michael Aceto; 10. Anglo-Argentinian English Julian Jefferies; Part III. South Atlantic Ocean: 11. Falkland Islands David Britain and Andrea Sudbury; 12. St Helena Daniel Schreier; 13. Tristan da Cunha Daniel Schreier; Part IV. Africa: 14. White Zimbabwean English Susan Fitzmaurice; 15. White Kenyan English Thomas Hoffmann; Part V. Australasia and Pacific: 16. Eurasian English in Singapore Lionel Wee; 17. Peranakans English in Malaysia and Singapore Lisa Lim; 18. Norfolk Island and Pitcairn Peter Mühlha;usler.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zForeign countries.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zEnglish-speaking countries.
700 1 $aSchreier, Daniel,$d1971-
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/83962/cover/9780521883962.jpg