Dialect Mixture versus Monogenesis in Colonial Varieties
The Inevitability of Canadian English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20469729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 265-286 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008413100004102 |
| OpenAlex | W4252138428 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Similarities between varieties of the same languages can be explained in terms of shared retentions or innovations. Conversely, differences can be explained in terms of new vocabulary items, divergent changes, language contact, and dialect contact. The latter has been challenged by proponents of monogenetic theories. Evidence for and against monogenetic hypotheses are considered on the basis of two case studies. First, I demonstrate that the dialect enclave of Lunenberg County, Nova Scotia, is a mixed colonial dialect. Second, I argue that the phenomenon of Canadian Raising is the result of dialect mixture. The Canadian English data provide evidence for a connection between dialect contact, mixture, and genesis. The data support the idea that there is a deterministic outcome in situations where the target language is not spoken by a prior-existing population, which in turn accounts for why widely separated varieties of English are similar
Colonialism · Epistemology · Ethnology · Language contact · Linguistics · Nova scotia · Phenomenon · Population · Raising (metalworking) · Sociology · Varieties of English · Vocabulary · Demography · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |