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Irish English, 1 : Northern Ireland.
This book focuses on the sociolinguistic consequences of historical contact between Indigenous Irish peoples and newer English and Scottish settlers in what is now the territory of Northern Ireland (NI). The contact varieties that resulted represent the oldest L2 'Englishes' globally. More...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Dialects of English.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book focuses on the sociolinguistic consequences of historical contact between Indigenous Irish peoples and newer English and Scottish settlers in what is now the territory of Northern Ireland (NI). The contact varieties that resulted represent the oldest L2 'Englishes' globally. Moreover, the degree of admixture from English, Irish and Scots in the contemporary dialects of NI reflects various external forces. Naturally, these varieties share certain structural features with sister Celtic Englishes and indeed with other vernacular Englishes globally. However, there are other linguistic tr. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (209 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748634309 0748634304 0748671447 9780748671441 1282620215 9781282620216 9786612620218 6612620218 |