English and Celtic in Contact (Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics) - Hardcover

Book 11 of 16: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

Filppula, Markku; Klemola, Juhani; Paulasto, Heli

 
9780415266024: English and Celtic in Contact (Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415266025 ISBN 13: 9780415266024
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415266025
ISBN 13 
9780415266024
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
332

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