English in Wales: Diversity, Conflict, and ChangeThis sociolinguistic perspective on Wales takes account of both principal languages, in contemporary life and in history. It traces the conflicts and mutual influences of the two languages in shaping the sociolinguistic character of Wales and traces the way in which it has simultaneously come to function, for many Welsh people, as a vehicle for cultural continuity, the means to an Anglo-Welsh identity. |
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Contents
The Anglicisation of Wales | 19 |
Language Shift in Gwent c 17701981 | 48 |
The Phonetics of Cardiff English | 87 |
Transcribed Specimen of Cardiff English | 104 |
Port Talbot English | 121 |
The Pronunciation of English in Abercrave | 130 |
The Conservative English Dialects of South Pembrokeshire | 151 |
Patterns of Sociophonetic Variation in the Speech of Cardiff | 167 |
Welsh Influence on Childrens English | 195 |
A Variable Semiotic | 232 |
Social Meanings of Welsh English | 258 |
List of Contributors | 283 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English in Wales: Diversity, Conflict, and Change Multilingual Matters; 52 General Physics. Academy of Science Issue 52 of Multilingual matters |
| Editors | Nikolas Coupland, Alan Richard Thomas |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Multilingual Matters, 1990 |
| ISBN | 1853590312, 9781853590313 |
| Length | 295 pages |
| Subjects | › Reference / General |
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