Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English
Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English
Edgar W. Schneider, Universität Regensburg, Germany
Peter Trudgill, Universitetet i Agder, Norway
Daniel Schreier, Universität Zürich
This volume follows on from The Lesser-Known Varieties of English (Cambridge, 2010), by documenting a further range of varieties that have been overlooked and understudied. It explores varieties spoken by small groups of people in remote regions as diverse as Malta, Bermuda, the Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, the Cook Islands, and Palau. The varieties explored are as much a part of the big picture as major varieties and it is the intention of this collection to spark further interest in the sociolinguistic documentation of minority Englishes in a postcolonial world. Language endangerment is a very real factor for the vast majority of lesser-known varieties of English, and this book aims to highlight that documentation and archiving are key initial steps in revitalization and reclamation efforts. This book will be of interest to historians of English, and scholars in dialectology, language birth and death, language contact, typology, and variation and change.
- Varieties are described using a shared framework of presentation and typological organization so readers can easily draw their own comparisons from the information presented
- Broadens the scope of the typology of lesser-known varieties of English by extending the chronology explaining that 'native' contact Englishes have been developing from early in the colonial period
- Delimits and demarcates the status of 'lesser-known' varieties of English so readers can apply the characteristics used to delimit and demarcate in this volume to other marginally documented varieties
Reviews & endorsements
'[Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English] proves wrong the commonly held assumption that linguistic heterogeneity is a property of large urban populations and provides an excellent starting point for sociolinguistic, contact linguistic and linguistic anthropological research projects that will unearth more detailed insights into the dynamics of language use outside of the urban western context.' Bettina Megge, Journal of Sociolinguistics
'… an extremely important survey and documentation of understudied global Englishes. The volume achieves its goal of being an appropriate overview of many of these seemingly incongruous systems, being both accessible and consistent for a scholarly audience that seeks to understand how global Englishes develop in various postcolonial, post-imperial and national contexts.' John K. McCullough, The LINGUIST List
Product details
April 2015Hardback
9781107021204
362 pages
235 × 159 × 20 mm
0.68kg
2 maps 17 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Jeffrey P. Williams, Edgar W. Schneider, Peter Trudgill and Daniel Schreier
- Part I. Europe:
- 2. Maltese English Manfred Krug
- 3. Gibraltar English David Levey
- 4. Irish travellers' English Maria Rieder
- Part II. The Americas:
- 5. American Indian English Elizabeth Coggshall
- 6. Bequia English Miriam Meyerhoff and James Walker
- 7. Saban English Jeffrey P. Williams and Caroline Myrick
- 8. St Eustatius English Michael Aceto
- 9. The English of Gustavia, St Barthélemy Ken Decker
- 10. Anglo-Paraguayan English Danae M. Perez-Inofuentes
- 11. Afro-Seminole English Ian Hancock
- Part III. Asia and the Pacific:
- 12. Palmerston (Cook Islands) English Rachel Hendrey
- 13. Pasifika English in New Zealand Allan Bell, Andy Gibson and Donna Starks
- 14. Palauan English Kazuko Matsumoto and David Britain.
