The segmental phonology of nineteenth-century Tristan da Cunha English: convergence and local innovation

This article looks into convergence processes that involve distinct phonological systems in dialect contact situations, exemplified by the variety of English that developed on Tristan da Cunha, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Based on a discussion of the community's social history and an...

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Published in:English Language and Linguistics
Main Authors: SCHREIER, DANIEL, TRUDGILL, PETER
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s136067430600181x 2024-10-13T14:10:47+00:00 The segmental phonology of nineteenth-century Tristan da Cunha English: convergence and local innovation SCHREIER, DANIEL TRUDGILL, PETER 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s136067430600181x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S136067430600181X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms English Language and Linguistics volume 10, issue 1, page 119-141 ISSN 1360-6743 1469-4379 journal-article 2006 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s136067430600181x 2024-09-18T04:03:52Z This article looks into convergence processes that involve distinct phonological systems in dialect contact situations, exemplified by the variety of English that developed on Tristan da Cunha, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Based on a discussion of the community's social history and an auditory analysis of the segmental phonology of late nineteenth-century Tristan da Cunha English, this article reconstructs the early contact scenario and looks into both phonological convergence and independent innovative mechanisms that accompany new-dialect formation. The data presented here show that dialect contact gives rise to mixing of several inputs (so that ‘new’ dialects draw features from several ancestral varieties), that the interaction of transplanted dialects may also trigger independent, variety-specific mechanisms, and that the interplay of feature retention, input mixing, and local innovation lead to distinctive and (on occasion) endemic varieties of English. Article in Journal/Newspaper South Atlantic Ocean Cambridge University Press Tristan ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735) English Language and Linguistics 10 1 119 141
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