English and Celtic in Contact

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-26602-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Filppula, Markku (University of Joensuu, Finland)

Filppula, Markku

Klemola, Juhani (University of Tampere, Finland)

Klemola, Juhani

Paulasto, Heli (University of Joensuu, Finland)

Paulasto, Heli

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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 and co-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 dialectologist and is co-editor of The Celtic Roots of English (2002).