Bermudian English

A sociohistorical and linguistic profile

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Bermudian English. A sociohistorical and linguistic profile focuses on a hitherto severely under-researched variety of English. The book traces the origins and development of Bermudian English, so as to situate the variety within the canon of other lesser-known varieties of English, and provides a first in-depth description of its variable morphosyntactic structure. Relying on sociolinguistic interview data and combining qualitative, typological and quantitative, variationist analyses of selected morphosyntactic features, it sheds light on structural affiliations of Bermudian English and argues for a two-way transfer pattern where Bermudian English plays an important role in the development of a number of other English(-based) varieties in the wider geographical region. Complementing existing studies which document such varieties, this book contributes to the body of research that describes the diversity of English(-based) varieties around the globe, filling a notable gap.
[Varieties of English Around the World, G64]  2021.  xv, 231 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g64
Table of Contents
List of tables
vii–ix
List of figures
xi–xii
List of maps and pictures
xiii
Acknowledgments
xvii
Chapter 1. Introduction
2–9
Chapter 2. The theoretical framework of Bermudian English as a contact-based variety
12–38
Chapter 3. Bermuda: 400 years of history
40–73
Chapter 4. Methodology and data
76–88
Chapter 5. Bermudian English morphosyntax: Qualitative and quantitative analyses
90–178
Chapter 6. Conclusion
180–187
References
189–201
Appendices
203–228
Appendices
203–228
Index
229
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