Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English

This book documents the lesser-known varieties of English which have been overlooked and understudied within the canon of English linguistics.

Jeffrey P. Williams (Edited by), Edgar W. Schneider (Edited by), Peter Trudgill (Edited by), Daniel Schreier (Edited by)

9781107605480, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 January 2019

361 pages, 2 maps 17 tables
23 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.52 kg

'… an extremely important survey and documentation of understudied global Englishes. The volume achieves its goal of being an appropriate overview of many of these seemingly incongruous systems, being both accessible and consistent for a scholarly audience that seeks to understand how global Englishes develop in various postcolonial, post-imperial and national contexts.' John K. McCullough, The LINGUIST List

This volume follows on from The Lesser-Known Varieties of English (Cambridge, 2010), by documenting a further range of varieties that have been overlooked and understudied. It explores varieties spoken by small groups of people in remote regions as diverse as Malta, Bermuda, the Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, the Cook Islands, and Palau. The varieties explored are as much a part of the big picture as major varieties and it is the intention of this collection to spark further interest in the sociolinguistic documentation of minority Englishes in a postcolonial world. Language endangerment is a very real factor for the vast majority of lesser-known varieties of English, and this book aims to highlight that documentation and archiving are key initial steps in revitalization and reclamation efforts. This book will be of interest to historians of English, and scholars in dialectology, language birth and death, language contact, typology, and variation and change.

1. Introduction Jeffrey P. Williams, Edgar W. Schneider, Peter Trudgill and Daniel Schreier
Part I. Europe: 2. Maltese English Manfred Krug
3. Gibraltar English David Levey
4. Irish travellers' English Maria Rieder
Part II. The Americas: 5. American Indian English Elizabeth Coggshall
6. Bequia English Miriam Meyerhoff and James Walker
7. Saban English Jeffrey P. Williams and Caroline Myrick
8. St Eustatius English Michael Aceto
9. The English of Gustavia, St Barthélemy Ken Decker
10. Anglo-Paraguayan English Danae M. Perez-Inofuentes
11. Afro-Seminole English Ian Hancock
Part III. Asia and the Pacific: 12. Palmerston (Cook Islands) English Rachel Hendrey
13. Pasifika English in New Zealand Allan Bell, Andy Gibson and Donna Starks
14. Palauan English Kazuko Matsumoto and David Britain.

Subject Areas: Historical & comparative linguistics [CFF], Sociolinguistics [CFB], Linguistics [CF]