Language in Britain and Ireland - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108477321 ISBN 13: 9781108477321

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Britain and Ireland are home to a rich array of spoken and signed languages and dialects. Language is ever evolving, in its diversity, and in the number and the backgrounds of its speakers, and so, too, are the tools and methods used for researching language. Now in its third edition, this book brings together a team of experts to provide cutting-edge linguistic and sociolinguistic information about all the major varieties of language used across Britain and Ireland today. Fully updated, this edition covers topics including the history of English, the relationship between standard and nonstandard Englishes, multilingualism in Britain and Ireland, and the educational and policy planning implications of this linguistic diversity. Chapters are also dedicated to specific language varieties, including comprehensive descriptions of the Celtic languages, nonstandard regional varieties, sign languages, and urban contact varieties. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students of sociolinguistics and education.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Fox is Associate Researcher at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research interests include language variation and change, dialect and language contact, and the impact of immigration on language change and the language of adolescents, particularly in urban, multicultural contexts. She is author of The New Cockney (2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108477321
• ISBN 13: 9781108477321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 620
• Editor: Fox Susan