Wilson, Guyanne;
(2022)
British and American norms in the Trinidadian English lexicon.
World Englishes
, 42
(1)
pp. 73-90.
10.1111/weng.12609.
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Abstract
Previous work on norm orientations in the Caribbean Englishes has focussed largely on phonological norms, such as accents, and, to a lesser extent, grammatical norm orientation. Outside of the publication of dictionaries, however, lexical norms and their spread have received little attention. This paper examines lexical norm orientations in Trinidadian English, presenting the results of a corpus-based study and survey study of the lexical preferences of speakers of Trinidadian English. The findings suggest that while there is evidence of American influence on Trinidadian lexicon, British variants persist. Indeed, British and American variants often coexist, albeit with different connotations in Trinidadian English. From a methodological standpoint, this paper demonstrates the benefits of using a mixed-methods approach in looking at norms, particularly with regard to lexicon.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | British and American norms in the Trinidadian English lexicon |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/weng.12609 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12609 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. World Englishes published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10168085 |
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