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Author Clarke, Sandra.

Title Newfoundland and Labrador English / Sandra Clarke.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Dialects of English
Dialects of English.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.
Contents Introduction : history, geography and demography. Newfoundland and Labrador English as a distinct speech variety ; From European discovery to the present : an historical overview ; Settlement history and regional differences ; A note on the terminology used in this volume -- Phonetics and phonology. Phonetics and phonology : some basic terminology ; Vowel patterns ; Consonant features ; Sound segments in contact : deletion, insertion, assimilation ; Prosodic features ; A final note -- Morphosyntax. Introduction ; The verb ; Nouns, pronouns and determiners ; Other lexical categories ; Non-standard syntactic features ; Concluding remarks -- Vocabulary and discourse features. The conservative nature of NLE lexicon ; The southwest English contribution ; The Irish contribution ; Fishery and maritime-related vocabulary ; New words and meanings in NLE ; Regional variation ; Discourse features; Recent lexical change and lexical loss -- Language attitudes and language change. Outsiders' views of Newfoundaland and Labrador ; Attitudes to Newfoundland dialects ; Academic and educational perspectives ; Recent phonological and grammatical change ; Change at the levels of lexicon and discourse ; Concluding remarks -- Survey of previous work. Observations on NLE prior to 1950 ; Post-1950 : linguistic approaches to NLE ; Ongoing and future research -- Sample texts. Conservative NBE ; Conservative NIE ; Conservative NBE r-deleting : speaker 5 ; Conservative NBE Labrador speakers ; Contemporary younger speakers.
Summary This text provides concise up-to-date documentation on Newfoundland and Labrador English. It covers the background phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax, lexis and history of the dialect.
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Subject English language -- Dialects -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
English language -- Dialects.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Clarke, Sandra. Newfoundland and Labrador English. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748626168 (DLC) 2010411215 (OCoLC)461271753
ISBN 9780748631414 (electronic book)
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