Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador
In this paper, I report on the variety of English spoken in the relatively new community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. The efects of dialect contact and the process of dialect levelling (Trudgill 1986; Britain 1997, Kerswill and Williams 2000; Kerswill 2002) are observed by examining the deve...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:11757 2023-10-01T03:56:28+02:00 Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador Edwards, Jenna 2015-12 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/11757/ https://research.library.mun.ca/11757/1/thesis.pdf en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://research.library.mun.ca/11757/1/thesis.pdf Edwards, Jenna <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Edwards=3AJenna=3A=3A.html> (2015) Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. thesis_license Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2015 ftmemorialuniv 2023-09-03T06:48:25Z In this paper, I report on the variety of English spoken in the relatively new community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. The efects of dialect contact and the process of dialect levelling (Trudgill 1986; Britain 1997, Kerswill and Williams 2000; Kerswill 2002) are observed by examining the development of several vowels in the Happy Valley- Goose Bay vowel system. In this community the migrant generation showed evidence of mixing. The frst generation showed the most evidence of levelling along with the emergence of new distinctions. The second generation showed some evidence of levelling, the emergence of new distinctions, and in some cases a return to patterns present in the migrant generation. These results indicate that diferent vowels within a dialect can move through the stages of dialect contact at diferent rates due to the multitude of infuences on the process of dialect contact. Thesis Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository Newfoundland |
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In this paper, I report on the variety of English spoken in the relatively new community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. The efects of dialect contact and the process of dialect levelling (Trudgill 1986; Britain 1997, Kerswill and Williams 2000; Kerswill 2002) are observed by examining the development of several vowels in the Happy Valley- Goose Bay vowel system. In this community the migrant generation showed evidence of mixing. The frst generation showed the most evidence of levelling along with the emergence of new distinctions. The second generation showed some evidence of levelling, the emergence of new distinctions, and in some cases a return to patterns present in the migrant generation. These results indicate that diferent vowels within a dialect can move through the stages of dialect contact at diferent rates due to the multitude of infuences on the process of dialect contact. |
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Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador |
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Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador |
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Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador |
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Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/11757/1/thesis.pdf Edwards, Jenna <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Edwards=3AJenna=3A=3A.html> (2015) Sociophonetic history of Newfoundland English in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
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