Daniel Schreier
List of John Benjamins publications in which Daniel Schreier is involved.
Book series
ISSN 2214-1057
Journal
ISSN 0172-8865 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9730
Titles
Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English
Edited by Simone E. Pfenninger, Olga Timofeeva, Anne-Christine Gardner, Alpo Honkapohja, Marianne Hundt and Daniel Schreier
The papers in this volume aim at facilitating exchange between three fields of inquiry that are of great importance in historical linguistics: language change, (socio)linguistic research on variation, and contact linguistics. Drawing on a range of recently-developed methodological innovations, such… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 159] 2014. vi, 326 pp.
St Helenian English: Origins, evolution and variation
Daniel Schreier
This volume provides the first-ever sociolinguistic analysis of English on the island of St Helena, the oldest variety of English in the Southern Hemisphere. It is based on a concise synchronic profile of the variety (describing its segmental phonology and morphosyntax) and an evaluation of… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G37] 2008. xv, 312 pp.
2019 /h/ insertion as a ‘camouflage archaism’? Dialect contact, colonial lag and the feature pool in South Atlantic English Diachronica 36:1, pp. 37–65 | Article
This article documents the historical development and synchronic variation of so-called “/h/ insertion” (/h/ before vowel-initial words such as apple, under, etc.). It argues that the maintenance of /h/ insertion in post-colonial English varieties around the world provides an ideal opportunity… read more
2016 Indian English in Uganda: The historical sociolinguistics of a migrant community Ugandan English: Its sociolinguistics, structure and uses in a globalising post-protectorate, Meierkord, Christiane, Bebwa Isingoma and Saudah Namyalo (eds.), pp. 251–274 | Article
The Indian community in Uganda represents a special case of migration.
During the colonial period, there were several major immigration waves that
were sociologically and sociolinguistically heterogeneous. In Uganda, Indian
migrants were mostly endocentric and concentrated, often with very… read more
2016 Review of Rosen (2014): Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English English World-Wide 37:2, pp. 221–224 | Review
2014 At the crossroads of language change, variation, and contact Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English, Pfenninger, Simone E., Olga Timofeeva, Anne-Christine Gardner, Alpo Honkapohja, Marianne Hundt and Daniel Schreier (eds.), pp. 1–8 | Preface
2014 The times they are a-changin’ — and so are the editors of EWW English World-Wide 35:1, pp. 1–5 | Article
2014 On cafeterias and new dialects: The role of primary transmitters The Evolution of Englishes: The Dynamic Model and beyond, Buschfeld, Sarah, Thomas Hoffmann, Magnus Huber and Alexander Kautzsch (eds.), pp. 231–248 | Article
This chapter argues that we need to differentiate potential founding populations in high-contact scenarios and classify different types of transmitters. Based on evidence from South Atlantic English, the claim is that, during the formative years of new dialects, some members of the community are… read more
2013 African Bermudian English and the Caribbean connection English World-Wide 34:3, pp. 279–304 | Article
Bermudian English (BerE) is one of the least documented varieties of English that has undergone full nativisation. The only source we are aware of is Ayres (1933), who provides an overview of some selected phonological features. The present paper has two aims: first, to provide a preliminary… read more
2010 Earliest St Helenian English in writing: Evidence from the St Helena Consultations (1682–1723) Varieties of English in Writing: The written word as linguistic evidence, Hickey, Raymond (ed.), pp. 245–262 | Article
The early formation phase of St Helenian English saw input of a standard-like variety of English, non-standard Southern English as well as of restructured varieties of English and other languages (Portuguese, French, Malagasy). This chapter analyses some of the earliest records available, the St… read more
2005 Review of Crystal (2004): The Stories of English English World-Wide 26:2, pp. 243–245 | Review
2003 An East Anglian in the South Atlantic? Interpreting morphosyntactic resemblances in terms of direct input, parallel development, and linguistic contact Social Dialectology: In honour of Peter Trudgill, Britain, David and Jenny Cheshire (eds.), pp. 81–96 | Article
2003 Book notice: “Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings” by Christina Bratt Paulston and G. Richard Tucker (eds.) English World-Wide 24:2, pp. 314–317 | Miscellaneous
2003 The regional and sociolinguistic dimension of /hw/ maintenance and loss in early 20th century New Zealand English English World-Wide 24:2, pp. 245–269 | Article
This paper investigates the regional dimension of new-dialect formation and feature maintenance and loss in early 20th century New Zealand English (NZE). Examining the distribution and status of voiceless labiovelar /hw/ fricatives (which results in an articulatory contrast between Wales and… read more
2002 Dynamic mixing or archaic retention? The ambiguous case of completive done in Tristan da Cunha English Diachronica 19:1, pp. 135–176 | Article
Summary This paper discusses the usage of done in shes done send the photographs as a marker of completive aspect in the variety of English spoken on the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. The article outlines the various positions scholars have taken with reference to the… read more
2002 Terra incognita in the anglophone world: Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean English World-Wide 23:1, pp. 1–29 | Article
This paper examines the development of a distinct contact-based variety on the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It outlines the sociohistorical context of the community as well as its linguistic and sociolinguistic implications, speculating on the original input varieties… read more