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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCafferty, Kevin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2001.
Series:Impact, studies in language and society ; 7.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.