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Title Language in the British Isles / edited by David Britain
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 508 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The history of English / James Milroy -- Standard and non-standard English / Paul Kerswill -- Phonological variation in England / Paul Foulkes and Gerard Docherty -- Grammatical variation in England / David Britain -- Scottish English and Scots / Paul A. Johnston Jr. -- Northern Irish English / Kevin McCafferty -- Southern Irish English / Raymond Hickey -- English in Wales / Robert Penhallurick -- English on the Isle of Man / Andrew Hamer -- English in the Channel Islands / Heinrich Ramisch -- The history of the Celtic languages in the British Isles / Paul Russell -- Gaelic / Kenneth MacKinnon -- Irish / Pádraig Ó Riagáin -- Welsh / Martin Ball -- Multilingualism / Mark Gibson -- Caribbean creoles and Black English / Mark Sebba -- Indic languages / Mike Reynolds and Mahendra Verma -- Chinese / Li Wei -- European immigrant languages / Penelope Gardner-Chloros -- Sign languages / Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence -- Channel Island French / Mari C. Jones -- Angloromani / Peter Bakker and Donald Kenrick -- Language policy and planning / Dennis Ager -- Non-standard English and education / Ann Williams -- Education and speakers of languages other than English / Ben Rampton, Roxy Harris and Constant Leung
Summary Provides a comprehensive survey of the dominant languages and dialects used in the British Isles
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-498) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sociolinguistics -- British Isles
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
Language and languages
Sociolinguistics
Sprache
Engelska språket -- dialekter -- Storbritannien.
SUBJECT British Isles -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008637
Subject Europe -- British Isles
Britische Inseln
Form Electronic book
Author Britain, David
LC no. 2007300329
ISBN 9781107321359
1107321352
9780511620782
0511620780
9781107315969
1107315964
9781107316911
110731691X