American English Flashcards
1
Q
Foundation
A
- British settlers (1609 Jamestown first colony)
- threatening the Natives
- koinézation (new variety emerges from mixing of different dialects)
2
Q
Endonormative Stabilization
A
- colonies prosper
- lexical innovations (Americanisms)
- local borrowings (flora and fauna)
3
Q
Nativization
A
- emergence of AE (strongly tied to ethnic identity)
- differences in spelling BE/AE have symbolic function
4
Q
Endonormative Stabilization
A
- Civil War, Jim Crow
- attempts on standardization
- positive attitudes towards American way of speking
5
Q
Differentiation
A
- most Americans belong to a sub-national groups
- different dialects express newly emerging group identities
