Ethnicity and language change : English in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland.
McCafferty, Kevin.
Ethnicity and language change : English in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland. - xiv, 244 p. - Impact, studies in language and society ; 7 . - Impact, studies in language and society .
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 harmonious communities, in spite of the social divide and open conflict that have long affected the region; this model affects daily life and sociolinguistic studies alike.
9027218382
Linguistic change
Sociolinguistics
English language--Dialects--Northern Ireland
English language--Variation--Northern Ireland
Ethnic groups--Northern Ireland
Ethnicity--Northern Ireland
Derry (Northern Ireland)--Social conditions
Derry (Northern Ireland)--Ethnic relations
Derry (Northern Ireland)--Languages
427.941621
Ethnicity and language change : English in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland. - xiv, 244 p. - Impact, studies in language and society ; 7 . - Impact, studies in language and society .
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 harmonious communities, in spite of the social divide and open conflict that have long affected the region; this model affects daily life and sociolinguistic studies alike.
9027218382
Linguistic change
Sociolinguistics
English language--Dialects--Northern Ireland
English language--Variation--Northern Ireland
Ethnic groups--Northern Ireland
Ethnicity--Northern Ireland
Derry (Northern Ireland)--Social conditions
Derry (Northern Ireland)--Ethnic relations
Derry (Northern Ireland)--Languages
427.941621