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      • 3rd edition
      • Edited by Susan Fox, Universität Bern, Switzerland
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      17 October 2024
      31 October 2024
      ISBN:
      9781108769617
      9781108477321
      9781108708579
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769617
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.03kg, 620 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.88kg, 620 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
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    Britain and Ireland are home to a rich array of spoken and signed languages and dialects. Language is ever evolving, in its diversity, and in the number and the backgrounds of its speakers, and so, too, are the tools and methods used for researching language. Now in its third edition, this book brings together a team of experts to provide cutting-edge linguistic and sociolinguistic information about all the major varieties of language used across Britain and Ireland today. Fully updated, this edition covers topics including the history of English, the relationship between standard and nonstandard Englishes, multilingualism in Britain and Ireland, and the educational and policy planning implications of this linguistic diversity. Chapters are also dedicated to specific language varieties, including comprehensive descriptions of the Celtic languages, nonstandard regional varieties, sign languages, and urban contact varieties. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students of sociolinguistics and education.

    Reviews

    ‘The latest edition of Language in Britain and Ireland is a much needed resource. The chapters are very detailed and they provide the necessary information on language and language variation for anyone who is working in the area right now.’

    Eivind Nessa Torgersen - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    ‘A thoughtful, fresh re-examination of language in use in Britain and Ireland today. Old chapter titles are breathed new life by a new generation of scholars. Organised with a mind to answering existing social questions and prompting more.’

    Miriam Meyerhoff - All Souls College, Oxford

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