| Jersey Norman French Contributor(s): Jones, Mari Catrin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631231692 ISBN-13: 9780631231691 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $48.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2002 Annotation: Drawing on an extensive corpus of original data, this comprehensive linguistic study of Jersey Norman French offers historical and dialectological sketches, an assessment of language planning on Jersey, and an account of language change in progress. Mari Catrin Jones evaluates four different types of linguistic influence found on contemporary Jersey, including the substrate influence of Jersey Norman French on Jersey English. Jones further establishes the relevance of Jersey Norman French to the field of language obsolescence. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers studying varieties of French, and language obsolescence and change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Foreign Language Study | French |
| Dewey: 447.942 |
| LCCN: 2003268101 |
| Series: Publications of the Philological Society |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.28" W x 8.9" (0.83 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the first to present a comprehensive linguistic study of Jersey Norman French. Drawing on a corpus of original data, it offers historical and dialectological sketches, an assessment of language planning on Jersey, and an account of language change in progress. It also establishes the relevance of Jersey Norman French to the field of language obsolescence. |