30.2324, Books: A tale of two dialect regions: Sherriah

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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:37:27
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A tale of two dialect regions: Sherriah

 


Title: A tale of two dialect regions 
Subtitle: Sranan's 17th-century English input 
Series Title: Studies in Caribbean Languages  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/179 


Author: André Sherriah

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961101559 Pages: 184 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

This book traces the precise origin of the early English lexical and
lexico-phonetic influences in Sranan, an English-based creole spoken in
Suriname. Sranan contains "fossilised" linguistic remnants of an early English
colonial period. The book discusses whether Sranan’s English influence(s)
originated from a single dialect from the general London area, as proposed by
Norval Smith in 1987, or whether we are dealing with a composite of dialectal
features from all over England. The book introduces a novel replicable
methodology for linguistic reconstructions, which combines statistics (in the
form of binomial probability), English dialect geography (via use of Orton’s
et. al., 1962–1971, Survey of English Dialects, which focuses on traditional
regional English dialects across England and Wales), and 17th-century English
migration history (compiled from The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607–1660,
The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654–1686,
Virtual Jamestown, Virginia Center for Digital History, and Colonial State
Papers secured from the British History Online databases, among other relevant
historical sources).
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Sranan Tongo (srn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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