Jersey Norman French: A Linguistic Study of an Obsolescent Dialect: 34 (Publications of the Philological Society) - Softcover

Jones, Mari Catrin C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631231692 ISBN 13: 9780631231691

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Mari Catrin Jones is lecturer in French Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages. Books published by Dr. Jones include Language Obsolescence and Revitalization: Linguistic Change in Two Sociolinguistically Contrasting Welsh Communities (1998)

From the Back Cover

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.

This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers studying varieties of French, and language obsolescence and change.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631231692
• ISBN 13: 9780631231691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 255