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WELSH ENGLISH - HELI PAULASTO ROB PENHALLURICK ...

This book is the first comprehensive  research-based description of the development  structure
and use of Welsh English  a contact-induced variety of English spoken in the British
Isles.Present-day accents and dialects of Welsh English are the combined outcome of historical
language shift from Welsh to English  continued bilingualism  intense contacts between Wales
and England  and multicultural immigration. As a result  Welsh English is a distinctive 
regionally and sociolinguistically diverse variety  whose status is not easily categorized.In
addition to existing research  the present volume utilizes a wide range of spoken corpus data
gathered from across Wales in order to describe the phonology  lexis  and grammar of the
variety. It includes discussion of sociolinguistic and cultural contexts  and of ongoing change
in Welsh English. The place that Welsh English occupies in relation to other Englishes in the
Inner and Outer Circles is also analysed.The book is accessible to the non-specialist  but of
particular use to scholars  teachers  and students interested in English in Wales  Britain  and
the world. It provides an unparelleled resource on this long-standing and vibrant variety.

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