Vilken accent av engelska talas på Brittiska Jungfruöarna?

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Vi ser fram emot att föra vår engelska till en ny nivå och skulle därför älska att ta en sabbatical i Karibien (nämligen på Brittiska Jungfruöarna).

Vilken typ av engelska talas där? Är det amerikanskt? Brittisk? En blandning? (Vi blev kär i den brittiska accenten; -))

    
uppsättning Jan 26.01.2016 21:22

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Karibien engelska.

Caribbean English is a broad term for the dialects of the English language spoken in the Caribbean and Liberia, most countries on the Caribbean coast of Central America, and Guyana. Caribbean English is influenced by the English-based Creole varieties spoken in the region, but they are not the same.

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Relaterade:

Virgin Islands Creole, or Virgin Islands Creole English, is an English-based creole spoken in the Virgin Islands and the nearby SSS islands of Saba, Saint Martin and Sint Eustatius, where it has been known as Netherlands Antilles Creole English.

The term "Virgin Islands Creole" is formal terminology used by scholars and academics, and is rarely used in everyday speech. Informally, the creole is known by the term dialect, as the creole is often perceived by locals as a dialect variety of English instead of an English creole language. However, academic sociohistorical and linguistic research suggests that it is in fact an English creole language.

Because there are various varieties of Virgin Islands Creole, it is also known by the specific island on which it is spoken: Crucian dialect, Thomian dialect, Tortolian dialect, Saint Martin dialect, Saba dialect, Statia dialect.

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Like most Caribbean creoles, the use of Virgin Islands Creole can vary depending on socioeconomic class. The middle and upper classes tend to speak it informally among friends and at home, but code switch to Standard English in the professional sphere. The lower socioeconomic classes tend to use the dialect in almost every aspect of daily life.

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I den här videon visar en modersmålsman i BVI-versionen av Karibien engelska för dig hur vissa ord och fraser ljud i BVI kontra Standard English.

    
svaret ges 26.01.2016 22:50