{"product_id":"language-in-the-british-isles-9780521794886","title":"Language in the British Isles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe British Isles are home to a vast range of different spoken and signed languages and dialects, and language continues to evolve rapidly. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the dominant languages and dialects used in the British Isles, and includes topics on the history of English and the history of multilingualism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction David Britain; Part I. English: 1. History of English James Milroy; 2. Standard and non-standard English Paul Kerswill; 3. Phonological variation in England Paul Foulkes and Gerard Docherty; 4. Grammatical variation in England David Britain; 5. Scottish English and Scots Paul Johnston; 6. Northern Irish English Kevin McCafferty; 7. Southern Irish English Raymond Hickey; 8. English in Wales Robert Penhallurick; 9. English on the Isle of Man Andrew Hamer; 10. English in the Channel Islands Heinrich Ramisch; Part II. The Celtic Languages: 11. The history of the Celtic languages in the British Isles Paul Russell; 12. Gaelic Kenneth MacKinnon; 13. Irish Pádraig Ó Riagáin; 14. Welsh Martin Ball; Part III. Other Languages of the British Isles: 15. Multilingualism Mark Gibson; 16. Caribbean creoles and Black English Mark Sebba; 17. Indic languages Mike Reynolds and Mahendra Verma; 18. Chinese Li Wei; 19. European immigrant languages Penelope Gardner-Chloros; 20. Sign languages Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence; 21. Channel Island French Mari Jones; 22. Angloromani Peter Bakker and Donald Kenrick; Part IV. Applied Sociolinguistic Issues: 23. Language policy and planning Dennis Ager; 24. Non-standard English and education Ann Williams; 25. Education and languages other than English Ben Rampton, Roxy Harris and Constant Leung.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525469872471,"sku":"9780521794886","price":51.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521794886.jpg?v=1731860627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/language-in-the-british-isles-9780521794886","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}