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

• Autore: McCafferty Kevin
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 427/.941621
• Soggetto topico: English language - Dialects - Northern Ireland - Derry; English language - Variation - Northern Ireland - Derry; Ethnic groups - Northern Ireland - Derry; Ethnicity - Northern Ireland - Derry
• Soggetto geografico: Derry (Northern Ireland) Social conditions; Derry (Northern Ireland) Ethnic relations; Derry (Northern Ireland) Languages
• Classificazione: HF 550
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnicity and language change
• ISBN: 9786612163494; 9781282163492; 1282163493; 9789027299307; 9027299307
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953830103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Impact, studies in language and society ; ; 7.