English in Gibraltar: Applying the EIF Model to English in Non-Postcolonial Overseas Territories
English in Gibraltar: Applying the EIF Model to English in Non-Postcolonial Overseas Territories
The variety of English spoken in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar shares with postcolonial varieties the fact that a new variety of English emerged from a process of language contact. Although GibE has been tentatively placed in the phase ‘Endonormative Stabilization’ of the Dynamic Model, Weston (2011) notes some theoretical problems in its application, given the still non-postcolonial status of Gibraltar. The integrative approach of the EIF Model may constitute a more comprehensive framework for the analysis of the evolution, current status and linguistic forms of GibE (see Buschfeld and Kautzsch 2017: 105). By assessing the local linguistic realities of the territory, this paper attempts to trace the development of English in Gibraltar and the degree of nativization of GibE. It analyzes (i) the political status of Gibraltar, (ii) the population size, (iii) the sociodemographic background (paying special attention to age) and (iv) the coexistence of different languages.
Keywords: Gibraltar English, language contact, age, nativization, EIF Model
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