English and Celtic in Contact

TRAMA

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.

SOMMARIO

List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Early Celtic Influences in English Chapter 1: The Historical Background to the Early Contacts Chapter 2: The Linguistic Outcomes of the Early Contacts Part II: Celtic influences in the modern age Chapter 3: The Historical Background to the Modern Contacts and to Language Shift in Celtic-speaking Areas Chapter 4: The Linguistic Outcomes of the Modern Contacts Part III: The Extent of Celtic Influences in English Chapter 5: The Debates on the Extent of Celtic Influences in English Chapter 6: A Reassessment of the Evidence for Celtic Influences Chapter 7: Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

AUTORE

Markku Filppula is Professor of English at the University of Joensuu and Docent in English Philology at the University of Helsinki. Juhani Klemola is Professor of English at the University of Tampere andco-editor of Speech Past and Present: Studies in English Dialectology in Memory of Ossi Ihalainen (1996) and of The Celtic Roots of English (2002). Heli Paulasto (former Pitkänen) is a Joensuu-based dialectologistand is co-editor of The Celtic Roots of English (2002).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415266024
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
• Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 1.70 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 18 halftones and 8 line drawings
• Pagine Arabe: 332
• Pagine Romane: xx