Title Ethnicity and language change : English in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland / Kevin McCafferty.

Publication Info.	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2001]
	©2001

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Impact, studies in language and society ; v. 7
	Impact, studies in language and society ; 7.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
Contents	ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction: a question of ethnicity; Chapter 2. Fieldwork and methods; Chapter 3. Sociolinguistics in Northern Ireland; Chapter 4. Northern Ireland ethnicity; Chapter 5. Phonological variation and change in LDE; Chapter 6. Conclusion: ethnicity and change in LDE; Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossary; References; Index.
Summary	Part sociolinguistic, part ethnographic, this book takes up the neglected question of how ethnic division interacts with variation and change in Northern Irish English. It identifies an idealised folk model of harmoniouscommunities, in spite of the social divide and open conflict that have long affected the region; this model affects daily life and sociolinguistic studies alike. A reading of sociolinguistic studies from the region revealsethnolinguistic differentiation. Qualitative analysis of material from (London)Derry shows people often stressing tolerance in their community, while accounts.
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Subject	English language -- Dialects -- Northern Ireland -- Derry.
	English language -- Dialects.
	Northern Ireland -- Derry.
	English language -- Variation -- Northern Ireland -- Derry.
	English language -- Variation.
	Ethnic groups -- Northern Ireland -- Derry.
	Ethnic groups.
	Ethnicity -- Northern Ireland -- Derry.
	Ethnicity.
	Derry (Northern Ireland) -- Social conditions.
	Derry (Northern Ireland) -- Ethnic relations.
	Derry (Northern Ireland) -- Languages.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: McCafferty, Kevin. Ethnicity and language change. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2001 (DLC) 00064203
ISBN	9789027299307 (electronic book)
	9027299307 (electronic book)
	9781588110022
	1588110028
	1282163493
	9781282163492
	1588110028

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