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Ethnicity and language change : English in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland /

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 affe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCafferty, Kevin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2001.
Colección:Impact, studies in language and society ; 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
ISBN:9789027299307
9027299307
9781588110022
1588110028
1282163493
9781282163492