(TD)-deletion is a well-known variable phonological process subject to the influence of both external social factors and internal structural constraints, including phonetic environmental and morphosyntactic effects. Its profile of variation has been widely investigated in American English dialects. However, it interacts with another grammatical process -the affixation of the regular Pasttense m...

Two much-cited explanations for linguistic innovations in varieties of New Englishes are cross-linguistic influence (see Gut 2011) and simplification (see Schneider 2007: 82). Using these two notions as starting points, the present study seeks to detect effects of structural nativization in noun phrase (NP) modification in two varieties of English whose substrate languages differ strongly from ...

The widespread use of English as a world language has caused changes in the sociolinguistic reality speakers, use, and English-speaking societies. No paradigm been able to completely capture account for such given current changes. In order reflect realities today, researchers have advocated shift from traditional pedagogy new that can prepare students intercultural communication incorporate mul...

Abstract The novel coronavirus (SAR-COV-2) and its attendant respiratory disease, COVID-19, said to have originated in Wuhan, China December, 2019 has become a global concern with far-reaching impact on all facets of human life. Its the English language can be seen emergence new forms expressions, extension meaning existing words resuscitation hitherto not commonly used expressions. A number th...