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Morphosyntactic Features of Anguillian English in Teenage Speakers

Snyder, Haley Suzanne
http://orcid.org/0009-0005-2852-0694
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1682070287142385

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2023, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Anguilla is a small Eastern Caribbean Island where a dialect called Anguillian English (AnE) has been spoken since the 17th century. Today, speakers of AnE use unique morphosyntactic features that differ from Standard English (SE). The purpose of this study was to analyze the language samples of ten AnE speakers using a synchronic, token-based approach to calculate the dialect rate of each speaker, elucidate the salient morphosyntactic features of AnE, investigate across- and within-speaker variation, and assign each participant a place along the creole continuum. The results indicated that in AnE, copula and auxiliary linking verbs “to be” may be variably realized. The habitual aspect may be expressed through use of “does” or “does be.” Plurality may be indicated through suffixation of plural -s or with “dem/them” as a post-nominal plural marker. “Dem/them” may also be used as a third person plural subject pronoun. Variation in these features was observed across the ten language samples. The total number of dialect features demonstrated by participants ranged from zero to 53 overall. Based on dialect rate, three participants appeared to speak an acrolect, three participants appeared to speak a mesolect, and four participants appeared to speak a basilect of Anguillian English.
Amber Franklin (Advisor)
45 p.
Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Speech Therapy
Creole continuum; Anguilla; dialect; dialect rate; creole; Caribbean English; English-derived dialects; morphosyntax; morphosyntactic features; grammar; linguistics; Eastern Caribbean; colonization; lesser-known dialects; English dialects; creolized dialects; Caribbean creole; English creole; Anguillian English

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  • Snyder, H. S. (2023). Morphosyntactic Features of Anguillian English in Teenage Speakers [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1682070287142385

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Snyder, Haley. Morphosyntactic Features of Anguillian English in Teenage Speakers. 2023. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1682070287142385.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Snyder, Haley. "Morphosyntactic Features of Anguillian English in Teenage Speakers." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1682070287142385

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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