Welsh English / / Heli Paulasto, Rob Penhallurick, Benjamin Jones.

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 Wels...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Dialects of English [DOE] , 12
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XXIV, 263 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Maps of Wales --
List of abbreviations --
1 Geography, demography, cultural factors, and variation --
2 Phonetics and phonology --
3 Morphosyntax --
4 Lexis and discourse features --
5 History of Welsh English --
6 Survey of essential works and resources --
7 Sample texts --
References --
Index
Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781614512721
9783110750720
9783110750706
9783110659061
9783110749434
9783110704716
9783110704518
9783110704761
9783110704563
ISSN:2164-7445 ;
DOI:10.1515/9781614512721
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Heli Paulasto, Rob Penhallurick, Benjamin Jones.