St. Helenian English: origins, evolution and variation

St Helenian English......Page 2
Editorial page\r......Page 3
Title page\r......Page 4
LCC data\r......Page 5
Contents\r......Page 6
Maps, Table and Figures......Page 10
Preface and acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Introduction......Page 18
2. How St Helenian English could have formed: Basic principles ofcontact linguistics......Page 26
2.1 Contact dialectology......Page 30
2.2 Language contact......Page 50
2.3 Conclusion and some theory-building......Page 64
2.4 … and the relevance for St Helenian English?......Page 82
3. Historical, sociodemographic and sociolinguistic background......Page 84
3.1 St Helena: Topography and geography......Page 85
3.2 Social history......Page 87
3.3 Sociodemographic background......Page 111
3.4 Some first sociolinguistic implications......Page 133
4. Diachrony: Evidence of earlier St Helenian English......Page 140
4.1 The St Helena Records (17th and 18th centuries)......Page 142
4.2 Court cases and testimonies (17th and 18th centuries)......Page 145
4.3 Newspapers (19th century)......Page 153
4.4 Short stories (19th century)......Page 158
4.5 Miscellaneous observations from the 20th century......Page 164
4.6 Some more detailed sociolinguistic implications......Page 167
5. Synchrony I: A descriptive profile of 20th century StHE......Page 176
5.1. Data and fieldwork......Page 178
5.2 Segmental phonology......Page 183
5.3 Morphology and syntax......Page 191
5.4 Summary......Page 217
6. Synchrony II: A variationist analysis of 20th century StHE......Page 220
6.1 Consonant cluster reduction......Page 222
6.2 Present tense concord/copula absence......Page 229
7. Summary and conclusion......Page 240
7.1 Where does St Helenian English come from?......Page 241
7.2 The typological status of Helenian English......Page 249
7.3 Regional variation......Page 265
7.4 Outlook and future research......Page 269
Appendices......Page 272
References......Page 304
Index......Page 322
The series Varieties of English Around the World......Page 330