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Isolation And Language Change - ENG

Contemporary And Sociohistorical Evidence From Tristan Da Cunha English

D. Schreier

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ISBN:	9780230505261
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Lenguas
Subtema:	Lingüística sociolingüística
Año de publicación:	2003-05-02

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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