2 The Americas and the Caribbean

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2008

2 The Americas and the Caribbean

Edited by: Edgar W. Schneider

Part of the multi-volume work Varieties of English

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110208405

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About this book

This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in the Americas and the Caribbean, including regional, social and ethnic dialects (such as Southern US, Canadian or Chicano English) as well as Caribbean creoles from the Bahamas to Suriname.

The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists, provide concise and comprehensive information on the phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of each variety discussed.

The articles are followed by exercises and study questions. The exercises are geared towards students and can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study in preparation for exams. Instructors can use the exercises, sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents of companion volumes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvi
List of features: Phonology and phonetics Edgar W. Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
List of features: Morphology and Syntax Bernd Kortmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxv
General introduction Bernd Kortmann and Edgar W. Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
General references Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Introduction: varieties of English in the Americas and the Caribbean Edgar W. Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Phonology
Standard American English pronunciation William A. Kretzschmar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
New England: phonology Naomi Nagy and Julie Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
New York, Philadelphia, and other northern cities: phonology Matthew J. Gordon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Rural Southern white accents Erik R. Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
The urban South: phonology Jan Tillery and Guy Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
The West and Midwest: phonology Matthew J. Gordon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
English in Canada: phonology Charles Boberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Newfoundland English: phonology Sandra Clarke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
African American Vernacular English: phonology Walter F. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Gullah: phonology Tracey L. Weldon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Cajun Vernacular English: phonology Sylvie Dubois and Barbara M. Horvath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Chicano English: phonology Otto Santa Ana and Robert Bayley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Bahamian English: phonology Becky Childs and Walt Wolfram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English: phonology Hubert Devonish and Otelemate G. Harry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varieties: phonology Michael Aceto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
Bajan: phonology Renée Blake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
The creoles of Trinidad and Tobago: phonology Valerie Youssef and Winford James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	320
Suriname creoles: phonology Norval Smith and Vinije Haabo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Synopsis: phonological variation in the Americas and the Caribbean Edgar W. Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Morphology and Syntax
Colloquial American English: grammatical features Thomas E. Murray and Beth Lee Simon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Appalachian English: morphology and syntax Michael B. Montgomery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	428
Rural and ethnic varieties in the Southeast: morphology and syntax Walt Wolfram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	468
Newfoundland English: morphology and syntax Sandra Clarke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	492
Urban African American Vernacular English: morphology and syntax Walt Wolfram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	510
Earlier African American English: morphology and syntax Alexander Kautzsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	534
Gullah: morphology and syntax Salikoko S. Mufwene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	551
Chicano English: morphology and syntax Robert Bayley and Otto Santa Ana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	572
Bahamian English: morphology and syntax Jeffrey Reaser and Benjamin Torbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	591
Jamaican Creole: morphology and syntax Peter L. Patrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	609
Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varieties: morphology and syntax Michael Aceto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	645
The creoles of Trinidad and Tobago: morphology and syntax Winford James and Valerie Youssef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	661
Surinamese creoles: morphology and syntax Donald Winford and Bettina Migge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	693
Belize and other central American varieties: morphology and syntax Geneviève Escure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	732
Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the Americas and the Caribbean Edgar W. Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	763
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	777

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 29
- Main content: 800
Keywords: Amerikanisches Englisch /Sprache; Karibik /Sprache; Variation (Sprache); Wissenschaftliches Lehrbuch

eBook

Published: December 10, 2008
ISBN: 9783110208405

Hardcover

Published: March 18, 2008
ISBN: 9783110196368