Record Nr.

UNINA9910953830103321

Autore

McCafferty Kevin

Titolo

Ethnicity and language change : English in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland / / Kevin McCafferty

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001

ISBN

9786612163494

9781282163492

1282163493

9789027299307

9027299307

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Impact, studies in language and society ; ; v. 7

Classificazione

HF 550

Disciplina

427/.941621

Soggetti

English language - Dialects - Northern Ireland - Derry

English language - Variation - Northern Ireland - Derry

Ethnic groups - Northern Ireland - Derry

Ethnicity - Northern Ireland - Derry

Derry (Northern Ireland) Social conditions

Derry (Northern Ireland) Ethnic relations

Derry (Northern Ireland) Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE CHANGE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction: a question of ethnicity -- Chapter 2. Fieldwork and methods -- Chapter 3. Sociolinguistics in Northern Ireland -- Chapter 4. Northern Ireland ethnicity -- Chapter 5. Phonological variation and change in LDE -- Chapter 6. Conclusion: ethnicity and change in LDE -- Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossary -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 harmoniouscommunities, in spite of the social divide and open conflict

that have long affected the region; this model affects daily life and sociolinguistic studies alike. A reading of sociolinguistic studies from the region revealsethnolinguistic differentiation. Qualitative analysis of material from (London)Derry shows people often stressing tolerance in their community, while accounts of their activities contain evidence of ethnic division and strife. Quantitative analysis charts six changes in (London)Derry English. Variation correlates to varying degrees with age, ethnicity, class, sex and social network. The ethnic dimension, while not the most important parameter in all cases, plays a role in relation to all the changes examined.