American Indian English: Background and Development

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, Free University of Berlin (John-F. Kennedy Institut für Nordamerikastudien), course: Linguistic Varieties and Language Practices in the USA , language: English, abstract: When the first Europeans came to America, there existed more than 500 different Native American and Alaska Native languages. Through the contact with the English language and Euro-American cultures, the usage of indigenous languages started to decline. But it had an influence on the way Native Americans started speaking English.

Product details

• Authors: Katharina Reese
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2010
• EAN: 9783640764570
• ISBN: 978-3-640-76457-0
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 2 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 51 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V162754; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V162754
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics