NEW DIALECT FORMATION AND CONTACT-INDUCED REALLOCATION: THREE CASE STUDIES FROM THE ENGLISH FENS
When mutually intelligible, but distinct dialects of the same language come into contact, linguistic accommodation occurs. When this contact is long-term, for example in the emerging speech communities of post-colonial settings, such as the English in Australia and New Zealand (Trudgill 1986; Trudgi...
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Universidad de Murcia
2005-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of English Studies (IJES) |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/47951 |