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
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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Language and languages
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Sociolinguistics
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Sprache
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Engelska språket -- dialekter -- Storbritannien.
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SUBJECT |
British Isles -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008637
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Subject |
Europe -- British Isles
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Britische Inseln
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Britain, David
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LC no. |
2007300329 |
ISBN |
9781107321359 |
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1107321352 |
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9780511620782 |
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0511620780 |
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9781107315969 |
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1107315964 |
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9781107316911 |
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110731691X |
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