Investigations in Sociohistorical Linguistics : Stories of Colonisation and Contact
Peter. Trudgill
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (234 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Colonisation and contact; 1 What really happened to Old English?; 2 East Anglian English and the Spanish Inquisition; 3 On Anguilla and The Pickwick Papers; 4 The last Yankee in the Pacific; 5 An American lack of dynamism; 6 Colonial lag?; 7 "The new non-rhotic style"; 8 What became of all the Scots?; Epilogue: The critical threshold and interactional synchrony; Bibliography; Index. - Containing tales of historical-sociolinguistic detection, this book provides a unique insight into how language contact shapes varieties of English.
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| ISBN | 9780521115292. - 9780521132930
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