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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCafferty, Kevin.

Series:

Impact, studies in language and society ; 7.

Impact, studies in language and society ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dialects--Northern Ireland--Derry.

English language.

English language--Variation--Northern Ireland--Derry.

Ethnic groups--Northern Ireland--Derry.

Ethnic groups.

Ethnicity--Northern Ireland--Derry.

Ethnicity.

Derry (Northern Ireland)--Social conditions.

Derry (Northern Ireland).

Derry (Northern Ireland)--Ethnic relations.

Derry (Northern Ireland)--Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9786612163494

9781282163492

1282163493

9789027299307

9027299307

OCLC:

70769238