Newfoundland and Labrador English / Sandra Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Sandra.

Series:

Dialects of English

Dialects of English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 substan

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7486-7151-X

1-282-62011-8

9786612620119

0-7486-3141-0

OCLC:

638860082