New-Dialect Formation : the Inevitability of Colonial Englishes.

New-Dialect Formation : the Inevitability of Colonial Englishes.

This book presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects. It examines the genesis of Latin American Spanish, Canadian French and North American English, but concentrates on Australian and South African English, with a particular emphasis on t...

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Main Author: Tridgill, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006
Subjects:
English language > Great Britain > Colonies.
English language > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Great Britain > Dialects > Colonies.
English language > Dialects > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Great Britain > Variation > Colonies.
English language > Variation > Commonwealth countries.
Languages in contact > Great Britain > Colonies.
Languages in contact > Commonwealth countries.
English language > 19th century > History.
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