Legacies of Colonial English
Legacies of Colonial English
Studies in Transported Dialects
This collection brings together internationally-renowned scholars to discuss the role of British dialects in the genesis and subsequent history of postcolonial Englishes. As a result of colonization, many varieties of English now exist around the world. Considering the input of Scottish, English and Irish dialects, they examine a wide range of Englishes--including those in North and South America, South Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. They also explain why many overseas Englishes still reflect non-standard British usage from the distant past.
- Was the first comprehensive book devoted to the legacy of British dialects in extraterritorial Englishes
- The contributors include many of the leading scholars in the field
- The different social and linguistic conditions in the various settings under discussion are taken fully into account, rather than one explanatory model being expected to serve for all cases
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May 2005Adobe eBook Reader
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Raymond Hickey
- Part I. Out of Britain:
- 1. Dialects of English and their transportation Raymond Hickey
- 2. Scots and Scottish English Caroline Macafee
- 3. Development and diffusion of Irish English Raymond Hickey
- Part II. The New World:
- 4. The emergence of American English Merja Kytö
- 5. The language of deported Londoners Laura Wright
- 6. Remnant dialects in the coastal United States Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes
- 7. Verbal -s in the (African American) English diaspora Shana Poplack and Sali Tagliamonte
- 8. 'Canadian dainty': the rise and decline of Briticisms in mainland Canadian English J. K. Chambers
- 9. The legacy of British and Irish English in Newfoundland Sandra Clarke
- 10. The English dialect heritage of the Southern United States Edgar W. Schneider
- 11. Solving Kurath's puzzle: establishing the antecedents of the American midland dialect region Michael Montgomery
- 12. English dialect input to the Caribbean Raymond Hickey
- Part III. The Southern Hemisphere:
- 13. South African English Roger Lass
- 14. English transported to the south Atlantic Ocean: Tristan da Cunha Daniel Schreier
- 15. English on the Falklands Andrea Sudbury
- 16. English input to Australia Scott Kiesling
- 17. English input to New Zealand Elizabeth Gordon and Peter Trudgill
- 18. English input to the English-lexicon pidgins and creoles of the Pacific Suzanne Romaine
- Part IV. English in Asia:
- 19. Asian Englishes, origin and structure Raymond Hickey
- 20. South Asian Englishes Raymond Hickey
- 21. South-east Asian Englishes Raymond Hickey
- Part V. Appendixes:
- 22. Checklist of nonstandard features Raymond Hickey
- 23. Glossary of terms Raymond Hickey
- 24. General references Raymond Hickey
- 25. Timeline for varieties of English Raymond Hickey
- 26. Maps of anglophone locations Raymond Hickey.
