Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-498) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The history of English / James Milroy -- Standard and non-standard English / Paul Kerswill -- Phonological variation in England / Paul Foulkes and Gerard Docherty -- Grammatical variation in England / David Britain -- Scottish English and Scots / Paul A. Johnston Jr. -- Northern Irish English / Kevin McCafferty -- Southern Irish English / Raymond Hickey -- English in Wales / Robert Penhallurick -- English on the Isle of Man / Andrew Hamer -- English in the Channel Islands / Heinrich Ramisch -- The history of the Celtic languages in the British Isles / Paul Russell -- Gaelic / Kenneth MacKinnon -- Irish / Pádraig Ó Riagáin -- Welsh / Martin Ball -- Multilingualism / Mark Gibson -- Caribbean creoles and Black English / Mark Sebba -- Indic languages / Mike Reynolds and Mahendra Verma -- Chinese / Li Wei -- European immigrant languages / Penelope Gardner-Chloros -- Sign languages / Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence -- Channel Island French / Mari C. Jones -- Angloromani / Peter Bakker and Donald Kenrick -- Language policy and planning / Dennis Ager -- Non-standard English and education / Ann Williams -- Education and speakers of languages other than English / Ben Rampton, Roxy Harris and Constant Leung.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Provides a comprehensive survey of the dominant languages and dialects used in the British Isles.
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Title
Language in the British Isles.
International Standard Book Number
9780521791502
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sociolinguistics-- British Isles.
Engelska språket-- dialekter-- Storbritannien.
Language and languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Alphabets & Writing Systems.