Format:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 300 S.)
ISBN:
9783110911411
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3484303956
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9783484303959
Series Statement:
Linguistische Arbeiten 395
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Note:
"This work is a continuation of A handbook of late spoken Manx, a work in three volumes"--P. x
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index
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Includes "Dagbok" of C.J.S. Marstrander in Norwegian with a translation into English (p. 203-252)
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The author's Habilitationsschrift--Universität Mannheim, 1998
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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
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Appendix C: Census figures for the towns and parishes 1726-1891Appendix D: Maps; Appendix E: Texts; Index
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783484303959
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783110911411
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Broderick, George, 1949 - Language death in the Isle of Man Tübingen : Niemeyer, 1999 ISBN 3484303956
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Manx
;
Sprachtod
DOI:
10.1515/9783110911411
URL:
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Author information:
Broderick, George 1949-
