Newfoundland and Labrador English. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sandra Clarke.
• Other Names: Clarke, Sandra
• Contents: Introduction : history, geography and demography. Newfoundland and Labrador English as a distinct speech variety ; From European discovery to the present : an historical overview ; Settlement history and regional differences ; A note on the terminology used in this volume -- Phonetics and phonology. Phonetics and phonology : some basic terminology ; Vowel patterns ; Consonant features ; Sound segments in contact : deletion, insertion, assimilation ; Prosodic features ; A final note -- Morphosyntax. Introduction ; The verb ; Nouns, pronouns and determiners ; Other lexical categories ; Non-standard syntactic features ; Concluding remarks -- Vocabulary and discourse features. The conservative nature of NLE lexicon ; The southwest English contribution ; The Irish contribution ; Fishery and maritime-related vocabulary ; New words and meanings in NLE ; Regional variation ; Discourse features; Recent lexical change and lexical loss -- Language attitudes and language change. Outsiders' views of Newfoundaland and Labrador ; Attitudes to Newfoundland dialects ; Academic and educational perspectives ; Recent phonological and grammatical change ; Change at the levels of lexicon and discourse ; Concluding remarks -- Survey of previous work. Observations on NLE prior to 1950 ; Post-1950 : linguistic approaches to NLE ; Ongoing and future research -- Sample texts. Conservative NBE ; Conservative NIE ; Conservative NBE r-deleting : speaker 5 ; Conservative NBE Labrador speakers ; Contemporary younger speakers.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 212 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 427.9718; English language -- Dialects -- Newfoundland and Labrador; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation; English language -- Dialects; Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; Englisch; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748631414; 0748631410
• Related ISBNs: 0748626166; 9780748626168; 0748626174; 9780748626175
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.