| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 508 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-498) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- British Isles.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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British Isles -- Languages.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Britain, David.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Language in the British Isles. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521791502 (DLC) 2007300329 (OCoLC)85690302 |
| ISBN |
9781107321359 (electronic book) |
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1107321352 (electronic book) |
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9780511620782 (e-book) |
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0511620780 (e-book) |
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9781107315969 |
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1107315964 |
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9780521791502 |
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0521791502 |
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9780521794886 |
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0521794889 |
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