Languages in Britain and Ireland
1st Edition
Published on 4. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-631-21581-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book builds on the success of Glanville Price's The Languages of Britain, published in 1984, which was widely acclaimed as the most lively, reliable and comprehensive survey of the great number of languages that have at one time or another taken root in Britain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-21581-3 (9780631215813)
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Languages in Britain and Ireland
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Person
Glanville Price is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. His previous publications include The French Language, Present and Past (1971), The Languages of Britain (1984) and the Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe (Blackwell, 1998). He also rewrote Byrne and Churchill's Comprehensive French Grammar for its fourth edition, published in 1993.
Content
The Contributors. List of Maps and Figures.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Note on References.
Introduction.
1. Prehistoric Britain. (Glanville Price).
2. Irish in Ireland. (Cathair O Dochartaigh).
3. Irish in Early Britain. (Glanville Price).
4. Scottish Gaelic. (Kenneth MacKinnon).
5. Manx. (Robert L. Thomson).
6. British. (Glanville Price).
7. Welsh. (Janet Davies).
8. Cornish. (Philip Payton).
9. Cumbric. (Glanville Price).
10. Pictish. (Glanville Price).
11. Latin. (Glanville Price).
12. English. (Glanville Price).
13. Scots. (Jeremy J. Smith).
14. Norse and Norn. (Michael P. Barnes).
15. Flemish in Wales. (Lauran Tourians).
16. French in the Channel Islands. (Glanville Price).
17. Anglo-Norman. (D. A. Trotter).
18. Romani. (Glanville Price).
19. Community Languages. (Viv Edwards).
Index.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Note on References.
Introduction.
1. Prehistoric Britain. (Glanville Price).
2. Irish in Ireland. (Cathair O Dochartaigh).
3. Irish in Early Britain. (Glanville Price).
4. Scottish Gaelic. (Kenneth MacKinnon).
5. Manx. (Robert L. Thomson).
6. British. (Glanville Price).
7. Welsh. (Janet Davies).
8. Cornish. (Philip Payton).
9. Cumbric. (Glanville Price).
10. Pictish. (Glanville Price).
11. Latin. (Glanville Price).
12. English. (Glanville Price).
13. Scots. (Jeremy J. Smith).
14. Norse and Norn. (Michael P. Barnes).
15. Flemish in Wales. (Lauran Tourians).
16. French in the Channel Islands. (Glanville Price).
17. Anglo-Norman. (D. A. Trotter).
18. Romani. (Glanville Price).
19. Community Languages. (Viv Edwards).
Index.