Isolation and Language Change

Contemporary and Sociohistorical Evidence From Tristan da Cunha English

Paperback Engels 2003 9781349509249
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Extremely isolated communities offer 'laboratory conditions' for examining the processes of language change and dialect formation. This book presents findings of the first-ever ethnographic fieldwork on the most remote island in the world with a permanent population, Tristan da Cunha. It documents the historical formation of a unique local dialect and investigates the sociolinguistic mechanisms that underlie dialect contact and new-dialect formation. It also uncovers the linguistic consequences of post-insularity - language change processes as a result of increasing contacts with other communities and speakers. Researchers and students of language variation will find this book a unique resource.

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ISBN13:9781349509249
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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