Date: 03-Jun-2008 From: Rachel Markowitz <Rachel.Markowitztaylorandfrancis.com> Subject: English and Celtic in Contact: Filppula, Klemola, Paulasto E-mail this message to a friend
Title: English and Celtic in Contact
Series Title: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
Published: 2008
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
http://www.routledge.com/
Author: Markku Filppula
Author: Juhani Klemola
Author: Heli Paulasto
Electronic: ISBN: 9780203895009 Pages: 332 Price: U.S. $ 125.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9780415266024 Pages: 332 Price: U.S. $ 125.00
Abstract:
This book provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English. Drawing on both original research and existing work, it covers both the earliest medieval contacts and their linguistic effects and the reflexes of later, early modern and modern contacts, especially various regional varieties of English.
Linguistic Field(s):
Anthropological Linguistics
Sociolinguistics