Language Death in the Isle of Man
An investigation into the decline and extinction of Manx Gaelic as a community language in the Isle of Man
1st Edition
Published on 2. May 2011
XIII, 300 pages
978-3-11-091141-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book looks in some detail into the sociolinguistic and formal linguistic situation which led to the decline and extinction of Manx Gaelic as a community language in the Isle of Man. The formal linguistic aspect concentrates upon developments in the following areas: phonology, morphophonology, morphology, morphosyntax and syntax, idiom and lexicon.
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Language Death in the Isle of Man
An investigation into the decline and extinction of Manx Gaelic as a community language in the Isle of Man
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George Broderick
Language Death in the Isle of Man
An investigation into the decline and extinction of Manx Gaelic as a community language in the Isle of Man
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01/1999
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Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Map: Isle of Man. Administrative divisions before 1796
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Language death
- 2. The sociolinguistic situation of Manx
- 3. Studies on language and language use in Man
- 4. The formal linguistic development of Manx
- 5. Excursus: Language revival and language maintenance in the Isle of Man
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: Dagbok. Carl J. S. Marstrander's Diary of his visits to the Isle of Man 1929, 1930, and 1933 (translation and text)
- Appendix B: Letters (1-5) for and against the use of Manx
- Appendix C: Census figures for the towns and parishes 1726-1891
- Appendix D: Maps
- Appendix E: Texts
- Index
