Ship English sailors' speech in the early colonial Caribbean
This book presents evidence that Ship English of the early Atlantic colonial period was a distinct variety with characteristic features. It is motivated by the recognition that late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century sailors’ speech was potentially an influential variety in nascent creoles and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Germany :
Language Science Press
2019
[2019] |
| Colección: | Studies in Caribbean languages ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430547406719 |
| Sumario: | This book presents evidence that Ship English of the early Atlantic colonial period was a distinct variety with characteristic features. It is motivated by the recognition that late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century sailors’ speech was potentially an influential variety in nascent creoles and English varieties of the Caribbean, yet few academic studies have attempted to define the characteristics of this speech. Therefore, the two principal aims of this study were, firstly, to outline the socio-demographics of the maritime communities and examine how variant linguistic features may have developed and spread among these communities, and, secondly, to generate baseline data on the characteristic features of Ship English. The newly-identified characteristics of Ship English detailed here may now serve as an entry point for scholars to integrate this language variety into the discourse on dialect variation in Early Modern English period and the theories on pidgin and creole genesis. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 320 pages) : PDF, digital file(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783961101511 |
