Newfoundland and Labrador English / / Sandra Clarke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Clarke, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Dialects of English : DIEN
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 15 B/W tables

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748626175);This book is the first full-length volume to offer a comprehensive introduction to the English spoken in Britain's oldest overseas colony, and, since 1949, Canada's youngest province. Within North America, Newfoundland and Labrador English is a highly distinctive speech variety. It is known for its generally conservative nature, having retained close ties with its primary linguistic roots, the traditional speech of southwestern England and southern Ireland. It is also characterised by a high degree of regional and social variation. Over the past half century, the region has experienced substantial social, economic and cultural change. This is reflected linguistically, as younger generations of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians increasingly align themselves with 'mainland' North American norms.The volume includesAn accessible description of the phonological, grammatical, lexical and discourse features of this varietyTreatment of regional speech variation within the province, and its historical sourcesDiscussion of the social underpinnings of ongoing language changeLanguage samples from both traditional and contemporary speakersA survey of published work on Newfoundland and Labrador English from earlier centuries to the present day."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: history, geography and demography -- 2. Phonetics and phonology -- 3. Morphosyntax -- 4. Vocabulary and discourse features -- 5. Language attitudes and language change -- 6. Survey of previous work -- 7. Sample texts -- References -- Index