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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Advances in historical sociolinguistics,
2214-1057 ;
v. 1
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Advances in historical sociolinguistics ; v. 1.
2214-1057
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This paper considers reported speech of slaves in court records from the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. It constitutes some of the earliest evidence of slaves' language anywhere, and shows that the early slave community on the island of St Helena spoke a creoloid, as well as non-standard Southern English. Nothing is known about the personal history of the slaves apart from some of their names. These names are analysed, and by comparison with name-usage in eighteenth-century London, it is concluded that they betray contemporary British attitudes to slavery. Thus, data is presented o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- History.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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History. |
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Linguistic change -- Social aspects -- History.
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Linguistic change -- Social aspects. |
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Linguistic change. |
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Autobiography in literature.
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Autobiography in literature. |
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Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Wal, M. J. van der, editor.
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Rutten, Gijsbert Johan, 1977- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wal, Marijke J. van der. Touching the Past. John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013 1299711707 |
| ISBN |
9789027271778 (electronic book) |
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9027271771 (electronic book) |
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1299711707 (electronic book) |
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9781299711709 (electronic book) |
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9789027200808 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027200807 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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