Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface and acknowledgments xi
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. How St Helenian English could have formed: Principles of contact linguistics 9
6. Chapter 3. Historical, sociodemographic and sociolinguistic background 67
7. Chapter 4. Evidence of earlier St Helenian English 123
8. Chapter 5. Synchrony I: A descriptive profile of 20th century St Helenian English 159
9. Chapter 6. Synchrony II. A variationist analysis of 20th century St Helenian English 203
10. Chapter 7. Summary and conclusion 223
11. Appendices 255
12. References 287
13. Index 305