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Tongan English
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Danielle Tod
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
This book documents the sound, structure, history and status of Tongan English, a previously undescribed variety of English in the South Pacific. Description is based on empirical analysis of a large corpus of spoken data and ethnographically informed observations of language use in the community. Possible substrate language influence is taken into account when outlining the phonology, morphosyntax and lexis of Tongan English. The book sheds light on norm formation and development in Tongan English as a contact variety, contributing to a broader discussion on of the nativisation of emergent and L2 Englishes.
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Danielle Tod, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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1 Introduction
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2 Sociohistorical portrait of Tonga
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3 Language situation in Tonga today
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4 Phonetics and phonology
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5 Morphosyntax
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6 Lexis and discourse
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7 Tongan English in the context of World Englishes
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8 Survey of previous work
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9 Sample texts
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Appendices
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References
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Index
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eBook published on:
November 17, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111418803
Hardcover published on:
November 17, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111417394
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
17
Main content:
205
Illustrations:
1
Coloured Illustrations:
13
Tables:
18
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars, Postgraduate Students and Researchers in World Englishes, Dialectology, Contact Varieties, South Pacific Englishes.
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