Jersey Norman French: A Linguistic Study of an Obsolescent Dialect

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Jersey Norman French: A Linguistic Study of an Obsolescent Dialect

Mari Catrin Jones

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.

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)

Features

The first book of its kind written about Jersey Norman French

Original data

A multi-faceted approach

Readers interested in Jersey Norman French for a wide variety of reasons will find material germane to their own preoccupations

Series

Publications of the Philological Society

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