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Tongan English

Tongan English

Hardcover

Series: Dialects of English [Doe], Book 24

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ISBN10: 3111417395
ISBN13: 9783111417394
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Nov 17 2025
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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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