New-Dialect Formation : The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes.
Title:
New-Dialect Formation : The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes.
Author:
Trudgill, Peter.
ISBN:
9780748626410
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- Vowel Charts -- Chapter 1 - Colonial dialects -- Chapter 2 - Colonial lag -- Chapter 3 - New-dialect formation Stage I -- Chapter 4 - Stage II -- Chapter 5 - Stage III -- Chapter 6 - Drift -- Chapter 7 - Determinism -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This book presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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