{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-dialect-regions-9783961101566","title":"A tale of two dialect regions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): André Sherriah\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Language Science Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Language Science Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the precise origin of the early English lexical and lexico-phonetic influences in Sranan, an English-based creole spoken in Suriname. Sranan contains \"fossilised\" linguistic remnants of an early English colonial period. The book discusses whether Sranan's English influence(s) originated from a single dialect from the general London area, as proposed by Norval Smith in 1987, or whether we are dealing with a composite of dialectal features from all over England. The book introduces a novel replicable methodology for linguistic reconstructions, which combines statistics (in the form of binomial probability), English dialect geography (via use of Orton's et. al., 1962-1971, Survey of English Dialects, which focuses on traditional regional English dialects across England and Wales), and 17th-century English migration history (compiled from The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1660, The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686, Virtual Jamestown, Virginia Center for Digital History, and Colonial State Papers secured from the British History Online databases, among other relevant historical sources).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Language Science Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45570842132631,"sku":"9783961101566","price":3391.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783961101566.webp?v=1767938123","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-dialect-regions-9783961101566","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}