South Pacific Englishes : a sociolinguistic and morphosyntactic profile of Fiji English, Samoan English and Cook Islands English / / Carolin Biewer, University of Zurich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797150403321
• Autore: Biewer Carolin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 90-272-6895-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Collana: Varieties of English Around the World (VEAW), , 0172-7362 ; ; Volume G52
• Disciplina: 427/.996
• Soggetti: English language - Variation - Pacific Area; English language - Variation - Oceania; English language - Spoken English - Pacific Area; English language - Spoken English - Oceania; Sociolinguistics - Pacific Area; Sociolinguistics - Oceania; English language - Fiji; English language - Samoa; English language - Cook Islands
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: South Pacific Englishes; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; List of maps ; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The structure of the book ; 1.2 Previous research on English in the South Pacific ; 1.2.1 English in Fiji ; 1.2.2 English in Samoa and the Cook Islands ; 1.2.3 Publications on South Pacific English(es) ; 1.2.4 Summary ; 1.3 Terminology ; 1.4 Points of comparison in the study of world Englishes ; 2. The language situation in Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands; 2.1 Geography and demography ; 2.2 The native languages; 2.3 The spread of English 2.3.1 Early contacts with English ; 2.3.2 Attitudes and exposure to English in colonial times ; 2.3.3 The impact ; of English after political (semi-)independence ; 2.4 The role of English today ; 2.4.1 English in politics ; 2.4.2 English in education ; 2.4.3 English in literature ; 2.4.4 English in popular music ; 2.4.5 English in the mass media ; 2.4.6 English as the language of religion? ; 2.4.7 English as a lingua franca or LWC ; 2.4.8 English in the private domain ; 2.4.9 Summary ; 2.5 Local varieties of English: their existence, recognition and assessment; 3.5.4 Socio-cultural motivations for language restructuring
• Sommario/riassunto: Second-language varieties of English in the South Pacific have received scant attention, until now. This monograph offers the first book-length analysis of the sociolinguistics and morphosyntax of three representatives of South Pacific L2 English in comparison - two of which have never been described linguistically. The book describes the spread of English, its current status and use in the three island states and compares the most frequent and salient morphosyntactic features to corresponding structures in Asian and African Englishes and the Oceanic substrate languages. As part of a larger th