Author: Heli Paulasto
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 150150035X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive, research-based description of the development, structure, and use of Welsh English, a contact-induced variety of English spoken in the British Isles. Present-day accents and dialects of Welsh English are the combined outcome of historical language shift from Welsh to English, continued bilingualism, intense contacts between Wales and England, and multicultural immigration. As a result, Welsh English is a distinctive, regionally and sociolinguistically diverse variety, whose status is not easily categorized. In addition to existing research, the present volume utilizes a wide range of spoken corpus data gathered from across Wales in order to describe the phonology, lexis, and grammar of the variety. It includes discussion of sociolinguistic and cultural contexts, and of ongoing change in Welsh English. The place that Welsh English occupies in relation to other Englishes in the Inner and Outer Circles is also analysed. The book is accessible to the non-specialist, but of particular use to scholars, teachers, and students interested in English in Wales, Britain, and the world. It provides an unparelleled resource on this long-standing and vibrant variety.
Welsh English
Author: Heli Paulasto
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 150150035X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive, research-based description of the development, structure, and use of Welsh English, a contact-induced variety of English spoken in the British Isles. Present-day accents and dialects of Welsh English are the combined outcome of historical language shift from Welsh to English, continued bilingualism, intense contacts between Wales and England, and multicultural immigration. As a result, Welsh English is a distinctive, regionally and sociolinguistically diverse variety, whose status is not easily categorized. In addition to existing research, the present volume utilizes a wide range of spoken corpus data gathered from across Wales in order to describe the phonology, lexis, and grammar of the variety. It includes discussion of sociolinguistic and cultural contexts, and of ongoing change in Welsh English. The place that Welsh English occupies in relation to other Englishes in the Inner and Outer Circles is also analysed. The book is accessible to the non-specialist, but of particular use to scholars, teachers, and students interested in English in Wales, Britain, and the world. It provides an unparelleled resource on this long-standing and vibrant variety.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 150150035X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive, research-based description of the development, structure, and use of Welsh English, a contact-induced variety of English spoken in the British Isles. Present-day accents and dialects of Welsh English are the combined outcome of historical language shift from Welsh to English, continued bilingualism, intense contacts between Wales and England, and multicultural immigration. As a result, Welsh English is a distinctive, regionally and sociolinguistically diverse variety, whose status is not easily categorized. In addition to existing research, the present volume utilizes a wide range of spoken corpus data gathered from across Wales in order to describe the phonology, lexis, and grammar of the variety. It includes discussion of sociolinguistic and cultural contexts, and of ongoing change in Welsh English. The place that Welsh English occupies in relation to other Englishes in the Inner and Outer Circles is also analysed. The book is accessible to the non-specialist, but of particular use to scholars, teachers, and students interested in English in Wales, Britain, and the world. It provides an unparelleled resource on this long-standing and vibrant variety.
Studying Dialect
Author: Rob Penhallurick
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137584084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This book provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the study of the dialects of English as they are spoken around the world, from the earliest dialect dictionaries of the sixteenth century to contemporary research emerging from the field of geolinguistics. Organised into ten thematic chapters, it explores and evaluates the methods and purposes of each approach to the study of dialectal variation, with full explanations of technical terms throughout. Illuminating one of the most productive fields of interest in language study, this compelling book is essential reading for students of dialect and regional difference in English.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137584084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This book provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the study of the dialects of English as they are spoken around the world, from the earliest dialect dictionaries of the sixteenth century to contemporary research emerging from the field of geolinguistics. Organised into ten thematic chapters, it explores and evaluates the methods and purposes of each approach to the study of dialectal variation, with full explanations of technical terms throughout. Illuminating one of the most productive fields of interest in language study, this compelling book is essential reading for students of dialect and regional difference in English.
The dialect and provincialisms
Author: John Greaves Nall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A Bibliography of Writings on Varieties of English, 1965-1983
Author: Wolfgang Viereck
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248613
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
After the growth of English and American dialectology since the 1930's and the expansion of sociolinguistics since the 1960's, the study of 'world English' has emerged in recent years to join these other disciplines. This bibliography is intended to reflect what has been achieved in this area and to serve as an indispensible research tool for further investigations. The bibliography is divided into three parts, each one is preceded by a preface which explains the procedures followed and each of the sections is followed by an index. It classifies the items according to specific areas, ethnic groups, or similar topics.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248613
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
After the growth of English and American dialectology since the 1930's and the expansion of sociolinguistics since the 1960's, the study of 'world English' has emerged in recent years to join these other disciplines. This bibliography is intended to reflect what has been achieved in this area and to serve as an indispensible research tool for further investigations. The bibliography is divided into three parts, each one is preceded by a preface which explains the procedures followed and each of the sections is followed by an index. It classifies the items according to specific areas, ethnic groups, or similar topics.
A Reader's Guide to the Place-names of the United Kingdom
Author: Jeffrey Spittal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A bibliography of publications on place-names from 1920 to 1989.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A bibliography of publications on place-names from 1920 to 1989.
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The Place-names of England and Wales
Author: James Brown Johnston
Publisher: London J. Murray 1915.
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Contains a brief history of names of geographical locations using Roman and Latin names in England and Wales, the Keltic element and how it influenced the naming of places in England and Wales, the English, Scandinavian and Norman elements, phonetic notes in the alphabet and its mutations in English place names, list of the chief place names in England and Wales with explanations.
Publisher: London J. Murray 1915.
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Contains a brief history of names of geographical locations using Roman and Latin names in England and Wales, the Keltic element and how it influenced the naming of places in England and Wales, the English, Scandinavian and Norman elements, phonetic notes in the alphabet and its mutations in English place names, list of the chief place names in England and Wales with explanations.
The Long Journey of English
Author: Peter Trudgill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108845126
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
A concise, original overview of the History of English, focusing on its early development and subsequent spread around the world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108845126
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
A concise, original overview of the History of English, focusing on its early development and subsequent spread around the world.
The Dialect of Cumberland; with a Chapter on Its Place-Names
Author: Robert Ferguson (of Carlisle.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Place-Names of Wales
Author: Hywel Wyn Owen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161663
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161663
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.