LANGUAGES IN BRITAIN & IRELAND Paperback - 2000
by Price, Glanville (editor)
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- near fine
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Details
- Title LANGUAGES IN BRITAIN & IRELAND
- Author Price, Glanville (editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Publishers, Malden, MA
- Date 2000
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 211561
- ISBN 9780631215813 / 0631215816
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.71 x 6.76 x 0.8 in (24.66 x 17.17 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Languages, Ireland - Languages
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00034322
- Dewey Decimal Code 409.41
From the rear cover
This new book draws on contributions from a range of scholars to provide authoritative surveys of all the well-established languages currently spoken in Britain and Ireland, namely the Celtic languages, English, Scots, and the Norman French dialects of the Channel Islands, as well as of Cornish, Manx and Norn (the Norse language of the Northern Isles), which died out relatively recently. Chapters on Romani and the recently arrived community (or immigrant) languages are also included. The importance of Latin and Anglo-Norman as spoken languages in Britain at different periods in the past is recognized and there are chapters on such little known languages as Cumbric, Pictish and the Flemish of south-west Wales.
The focus is on historical and sociolinguistic aspects of the languages covered, including their use as literary languages, and their present situation.
