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This volume provides the first-ever comprehensive analysis of a potential variety of English, spoken in the Greek part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Despite the fact that Cyprus was a British colony from 1878 to 1960, the status of the English language spoken there has not yet been discussed systematically within the framework of World Englishes. To determine whether English in Cyprus has second-language variety status or should rather be considered as learner English, the monograph investigates its historical, sociopolitical and sociolinguistic background and, drawing on a corpus of spoken data, offers a synchronic analysis of linguistic features. The results suggest to rethink some of the well-established taxonomies of World Englishes research, especially those that strictly differentiate between second-language varieties and learner Englishes. This renders the book relevant not only to scholars working in the field of World Englishes but also to second language acquisition researchers.

English language --- Greek language --- Turkish language --- Sociolinguistics --- English language in foreign countries --- World Englishes --- Germanic languages --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Osmanic language --- Osmanli language --- Ottoman Turkish language (Arabic script) --- Turkic languages --- Turkic languages, Southwest --- Dialects --- Influence on English. --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Cyprus --- Kıbrıs --- Kypros --- Zypern --- Chypre --- Qubruṣ --- Kipriaki Dhimokratia --- Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti --- Cipro --- Chipre --- Cypern --- Kipŭr --- Tsiprus --- Kypriakē Dēmokratia --- Republic of Cyprus --- Ciper --- Κύπρος --- Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία --- Kipr --- Кипр --- Ostrov Kipr --- Остров Кипр --- Cyprus (Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, 1983- ) --- Cyprus (Turkish federated state, 1975-1983) --- Languages. --- Influence on English --- E-books

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This monograph is the product of Stern's two decades of excavation at Tel Dor on the Carmel Coast, a city that Egyptian sources indicate was ruled in the eleventh century BCE by a Sikil king. Near the end of the period during which he directed excavations there, Stern began to notice the unique material culture of the Northern Sea Peoples and connected this material with discoveries in adjacent regions and in the north of Israel. A related survey of the ‘Akko Valley conducted by Avner Raban resulted in a further accumulation of data that supported the conclusion that the Sea Peoples that Egyptian sources indicated had settled in this region had in fact left behind evidence of their presence. This realization preceded the appearance of additional information—both material culture and inscriptions—that reflected the presence of Northern Sea Peoples throughout portions of northern Syria and southern Anatolia. Two main principles guide Stern's study. (1) Historical sources provide the best evidence for contemporary events—in this case, specifically, the evidence concerns the Sikils and Sherden, as well as biblical sources that refer to Northern Sea Peoples as "Philistines" and that recount their wars with Israel in the north of the land, in the Jezreel Valley, and in Gilboa. (2) Ethnic archaeology is a genuine concept: every people that settles in any area naturally leaves marks of its own culture. The conclusion that is traced here, then, is that the culture of the Northern Sea Peoples, though difficult to identify, nonetheless did leave clear evidence that becomes apparent when the relevant strata at sites along the coast from the Yarkon and farther north and in the 'Akko and Jezreel Valleys are examined. In this volume Stern presents the most complete picture that can be drawn from the evidence uncovered in the past few decades. Lavish illustrations accompany the discussion.

Material culture --- Philistines --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities. --- Emigration and immigration. --- Material culture. --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Archaeological specimens --- Artefacts (Antiquities) --- Artifacts (Antiquities) --- Specimens, Archaeological --- Ethnology --- Migrations. --- Palestine --- Cyprus --- Dor (Extinct city) --- Cyprus. --- Israel. --- Israel --- Middle East --- Erets Israel --- Erets Yiśraʼel --- Eretz Israel --- Erez Jisrael --- Falastīn --- Filasṭīn --- Memshelet Paleśtinah --- Palästina --- Palesṭin --- Palestina --- Paleśtinah --- Dora (Extinct city) --- Dorah (Extinct city) --- Dawlat Isrāʼīl --- Država Izrael --- Dzi͡arz͡hava Izrailʹ --- Gosudarstvo Izrailʹ --- I-se-lieh --- Israele --- Isrāʼīl --- Isŭrael --- Isuraeru --- Izrael --- Izrailʹ --- Medinat Israel --- Medinat Yiśraʼel --- Stát Izrael --- State of Israel --- Yiselie --- Yiśraʼel --- Chipre --- Chypre --- Ciper --- Cipro --- Cypern --- Kıbrıs --- Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti --- Kipr --- Kipriaki Dhimokratia --- Kipŭr --- Kypriakē Dēmokratia --- Kypros --- Ostrov Kipr --- Qubru --- Republic of Cyprus --- Tsiprus --- Zypern --- Tel Dor (Israel) --- Qubruṣ --- Κύπρος --- Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία --- Кипр --- Остров Кипр --- Cyprus (Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, 1983- ) --- Cyprus (Turkish federated state, 1975-1983) --- Antiquities