A tale of two dialect regions : Sranan's 17th-century English input / André Ché Sherriah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherriah, André, author.

Series:

Studies in Caribbean languages ; 7.

Studies in Caribbean languages ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Sranan language.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix,164 pages) : PDF, digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Language Science Press 2019

Berlin, Germany : Language Science Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book traces the precise origin of the early English lexical and lexico-phonetic influences in Sranan, an English-based creole spoken in Suriname. Sranan contains "fossilised" linguistic remnants of an early English colonial period. The book discusses whether Sranan’s English influence(s) originated from a single dialect from the general London area, as proposed by Norval Smith in 1987, or whether we are dealing with a composite of dialectal features from all over England. The book introduces a novel replicable methodology for linguistic reconstructions, which combines statistics (in the form of binomial probability), English dialect geography (via use of Orton’s et. al., 1962–1971, Survey of English Dialects, which focuses on traditional regional English dialects across England and Wales), and 17th-century English migration history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY

ISBN:

9783961101559

3961101558