Falkland Island English

• Main Authors: Britain, David, Sudbury, Andrea
• Other Authors: Kortmann, Bernd, Lunkenheimer, Kerstin
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter Mouton 2013
• Subjects: 820 English & Old English literatures; 420 English & Old English languages; Argentina; Greenland; St. Helena; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/42352/

This chapter examines some of the grammatical variability and non-standardness found in the English of the Falkland Islands. The Falklands are an archipelago of over 700 islands located in the western South Atlantic Ocean, 480km off the east coast of Argentina. Although the population is small – aro...