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New-Dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes
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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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This book presents a controversial theory about the formation of new colonial dialects, examining Latin American Spanish, Canadian French, and North American English, with a special focus on Australian, South African, and New Zealand English.
Review
‘Trudgill’s book is as engaging and readable as we have come to expect from him. It would be well suited for use as a general textbook and should certainly be on the reading list for any undergraduate or (post-)graduate course dealing with language contact.’
— English Language and Linguistics, 10.1, 2006
About the Author
Peter Trudgill is professor of English Linguistics at Agder University College, Norway.