The Americas and the Carribean

by Schneider, Edgar W.

• ISBN13: 9783110196368
• ISBN10: 3110196360
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-18
• Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter

Summary

This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in the Americas and the Caribbean, including regional, social and ethnic dialects (such as Southern US, Canadian or Chicano English) as well as Caribbean creoles from the Bahamas to Suriname. The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists, provide concise and comprehensive information on the phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of each variety discussed. The articles are followed by exercises and study questions. The exercises are geared towards students and can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study in preparation for exams. Instructors can use the exercises, sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features. The accompanying CD-ROM contains interactive maps and speech samples that supplement the printed articles and offer material and data for further research. The rich detail found in the chapters as well as the valuable tools on the CD-Rom make this survey of English Varieties a mainstay for researchers and teachers. Key features indispensable textbook for students of English linguistics exercises and study questions interactive CD-ROM

Table of Contents

Contents of companion volumes	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. xvi
List of features: Phonology and phonetics	p. xix
List of features: Morphology and syntax	p. xxv
General introduction	p. 1
General references	p. 8
Introduction: varieties of English in the Americas and the Caribbean	p. 23
Phonology
Standard American English pronunciation	p. 37
New England: Phonology	p. 52
New York, Philadelphia, and other northern cities: Phonology	p. 67
Rural Southern white accents	p. 87
The urban South: Phonology	p. 115
The West and Midwest: phonology	p. 129
English in Canada: phonology	p. 144
Newfoundland English: phonology	p. 161
African American Vernacular English: phonology	p. 181
Gullah: phonology	p. 192
Cajun Vernacular English: phonology	p. 208
Chicano English: phonology	p. 219
Bahamian English: phonology	p. 239
Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English: phonology	p. 256
Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varieties: phonology	p. 290
Bajan: phonology	p. 312
The creoles of Trinidad and Tobago: phonology	p. 320
Suriname creoles: phonology	p. 339
Synopsis: phonological variation in the Americas and the Caribbean	p. 383
Morphology and Syntax
Colloquial American English: grammatical features	p. 401
Appalachian English: morphology and syntax	p. 428
Rural and ethnic varieties in the Southeast: morphology and syntax	p. 468
Newfoundland English: morphology and syntax	p. 492
Urban African American Vernacular English: morphology and syntax	p. 510
Earlier African American English: morphology and syntax	p. 534
Gullah: morphology and syntax	p. 551
Chicano English: morphology and syntax	p. 572
Bahamian English: morphology and syntax	p. 591
Jamaican Creole: morphology and syntax	p. 609
Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varieties: morphology and syntax	p. 645
The creoles of Trinidad and Tobago: morphology and syntax	p. 661
Surinamese creoles: morphology and syntax	p. 693
Belize and other central American varieties: morphology and syntax	p. 732
Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the Americas and the Caribbean	p. 763
Index of subjects	p. 777
Index of varieties and languages	p. 796
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