Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Glossary vii
5. 1 Some introductory thoughts 1
6. 2 New dialect formation and near-dialect contact 16
7. 3 New dialect formation and time depth 57
8. 4 Linguistic contact and near-relative relationships 106
9. 5 English in the ‘transition period’: the sources of contactinduced change 124
10. 6 Conclusions 171
11. Notes 178
12. References 190
13. Index 206