Legacies of Colonial English: Studies in Transported Dialects (Studies in English Language)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 2/24/2005
EAN 9780521830201, ISBN10: 0521830206

Hardcover, 734 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm
Language: English

As a result of colonization, many varieties of English now exist around the world. Originally published in 2005, Legacies of Colonial English brings together a team of internationally renowned scholars to discuss the role of British dialects in both the genesis and subsequent history of postcolonial Englishes. Considering the input of Scottish, English and Irish dialects, they closely examine a wide range of Englishes - including those in North and South America, South Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand - and explain why many of them still reflect non-standard British usage from the distant past. Complete with a checklist of dialect features, a detailed glossary and set of general references on the topic of postcolonial Englishes, this book will be an invaluable source to scholars and students of English language and linguistics, particularly those interested in sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology.

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.