Terra incognita in the anglophone world
This paper examines the development of a distinct contact-based variety on the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It outlines the sociohistorical context of the community as well as its linguistic and sociolinguistic implications, speculating on the original input varieties and...
| Published in: | English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
2002
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.23.1.02sch http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/eww.23.1.02sch.pdf |