A Grammar Of The Manx Language

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Practical Manx

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Author : Jennifer Draskau
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1846311314
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Practical Manx written by Jennifer Draskau and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manx, a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man, is undergoing a Gaelic revival. The number of Manx speakers has increased tenfold in the last twenty years, and this linguistic descendant of old Irish now lays claim to its own drama groups, second language seminars, and even its own primary school. The government-sponsored Manx Heritage Foundation and the Manx Gaelic Advisory Council regulate and standardize the official use of Manx and have together commissioned this definitive guide to the language. Practical Manx covers the grammar, spelling, and pronunciation of Manx Gaelic, rendering it accessible to readers of all levels of competence, while an accompanying website provides an opportunity to observe intonation patterns and other features of this remarkable language.

The Celtic Languages

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Author : Martin J. Ball
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113685472X
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Celtic Languages written by Martin J. Ball and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives, with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Organized for ease of reference, The Celtic Languages is arranged in four parts. The first, Historical Aspects, covers the origin and history of the Celtic languages, their spread and retreat, present-day distribution and a sketch of the extant and recently extant languages. Parts II and III describe the structural detail of each language, including phonology, mutation, morphology, syntax, dialectology and lexis. The final part provides wide-ranging sociolinguistic detail, such as areas of usage (in government, church, media, education, business), maintenance (institutional support offered), and prospects for survival (examination of demographic changes and how they affect these languages). Special Features: * Presents the first modern, comprehensive linguistic description of this important language family * Provides a full discussion of the likely progress of Irish, Welsh and Breton * Includes the most recent research on newly discovered Continental Celtic inscriptions

Language in the British Isles

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Author : Peter Trudgill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521240574
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Language in the British Isles written by Peter Trudgill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-05-17 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language Death in the Isle of Man

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Author : George Broderick
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110911418
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Language Death in the Isle of Man written by George Broderick and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language death is an aspect of language contact which has occupied the interest of linguists from the past twenty-five years or so. Although the phenomenon of language death is occuring all over the world very few instances of it have been dealt with both from a sociolinguistic and formal linguistic standpoint. Those that spring to mind are the works of Nancy Dorian on East Sutherland Gaelic and Hans-Jürgen Sasse on the Albanian dialect of Arvanítika in Greece. In both instances it is dialects of languages that are treated and not complete languages themselves. The study of language death in the Isle of Man deals with the decline and extinction of Manx Gaelic as a community language, and as a language in its own right. After setting the scenario of language death this study then looks into the sociolinguistic reasons which led to the decline and death of Manx in Man. There then follows a detailed look into the study of language and language use in Man, from early observations to the present day. This section includes a detailed description of phonetic and sound recordings made of Manx over the period. This leads to an in-depth study into the formal linguistic situation of Manx, tracing the development in its phonology, morphophonology, morphology, morphosyntax and syntax, idiom and lexicon, which ultimately led to its demise. As language revival is in itself a facet of language death, the study concludes with a short excursus into the various efforts at language revival and maintenance in Man, from the latter part of the 19th century to the present day. The appendices include Professor Carl Marstrander's diary of his visits to Man (1929-33) published for the first time. The diary contains percipient observations of the state of Manx in its final phase. In short, this study looks in some detail into the mechanics of language death on a once thriving and vibrant community language.

A Grammar of Modern Breton

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Author : Ian J. Press
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110884976
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Modern Breton written by Ian J. Press and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality.

First Lessons in Manx

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Author : Edmund Goodwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Lessons in Manx written by Edmund Goodwin and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Attitudes to Endangered Languages

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Author : Julia Sallabank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107030617
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Attitudes to Endangered Languages written by Julia Sallabank and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth study of endangered language revitalisation, which assesses the implications of changing language attitudes for language campaigners and policy-makers.

A Grammar of Xong

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Author : Adam Sposato
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110764938
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Xong written by Adam Sposato and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that Miao-Yao (or Hmong-Mien) is one of the major language families of East and Southeast Asia, this work is only the second full-length descriptive grammar of any Miao-Yao language published in English. It focuses on Xong, a language belonging to the Miao branch of the family. Xong has approximately 900,000 speakers, the vast majority lives in Hunan and Guizhou Provinces in South-Central China. In particular, this description concentrates on several fully mutually intelligible Xong varieties spoken in Fenghuang County, located in the Hunan Province. In producing this work, the author primarily relies on the fieldwork data he collected over a period of ten months in Fenghuang County. He also made use of many of the previously published Chinese-language descriptions of Xong. The results are of use to scholars with an interest in the Miao-Yao family in particular or in the languages of East and Southeast Asia more in general.

Backwell's Illustrated Guide to the Isle of Man, etc. [With a map.]

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Author : M. P. BACKWELL
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Backwell's Illustrated Guide to the Isle of Man, etc. [With a map.] written by M. P. BACKWELL and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spoken Here

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Author : Mark Abley
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618565832
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Spoken Here written by Mark Abley and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spoken Here, journalist Mark Abley takes us on a world tour -- from the Arctic Circle to the outback of Australia -- to track obscure languages and reveal their beauty and the devotion of those who work to save them. --from publisher description.

A Book of Manx Poetry

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Author : William Cubbon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Manx Poetry written by William Cubbon and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Celtic Languages

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Author : Donald MacAulay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521231275
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Celtic Languages written by Donald MacAulay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only modern account to describe all surviving Celtic languages in detail.

The New International Encyclopaedia

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Author : Daniel Coit Gilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The New International Encyclopaedia written by Daniel Coit Gilman and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Celts [2 volumes]

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Author : John T. Koch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1358 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Celts [2 volumes] written by John T. Koch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 1358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This succinct, accessible two-volume set covers all aspects of Celtic historical life, from prehistory to the present day. The study of Celtic history has a wide international appeal, but unfortunately many of the available books on the subject are out-of-date, narrowly specialized, or contain incorrect information. Online information on the Celts is similarly unreliable. This two-volume set provides a well-written, up-to-date, and densely informative reference on Celtic history that is ideal for high school or college-aged students as well as general readers. The Celts: History, Life, and Culture uses a cross-disciplinary approach to explore all facets of this ancient society. The book introduces the archaeology, art history, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, music, and mythology of the Celts and examines the global influence of their legacy. Written entirely by acknowledged experts, the content is accessible without being simplistic. Unlike other texts in the field, The Celts: History, Life, and Culture celebrates all of the cultures associated with Celtic languages at all periods, providing for a richer and more comprehensive examination of the topic.

English Grammar

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Author : William Chauncey Fowler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book English Grammar written by William Chauncey Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Babel

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Author : Gaston Dorren
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802146724
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Babel written by Gaston Dorren and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Babel is an endlessly interesting book, and you don’t have to have any linguistic training to enjoy it . . . it’s just so much fun to read.” —NPR English is the world language, except that 80 percent of the world doesn’t speak it. Linguist Gaston Dorren calculates that to speak fluently with half of the world’s people in their mother tongues, you’d need to know no fewer than twenty languages. In Babel, he sets out to explore these top twenty world languages, which range from the familiar (French, Spanish) to the surprising (Malay, Javanese, Bengali). Whisking readers along on a delightful journey, he traces how these languages rose to greatness while others fell away, and shows how speakers today handle the foibles of their mother tongues. Whether showcasing tongue-tying phonetics, elegant but complicated writing scripts, or mind-bending quirks of grammar, Babel vividly illustrates that mother tongues are like nations: each has its own customs and beliefs that seem as self-evident to those born into it as they are surprising to outsiders. Babel reveals why modern Turks can’t read books that are a mere 75 years old, what it means in practice for Russian and English to be relatives, and how Japanese developed separate “dialects” for men and women. Dorren also shares his experiences studying Vietnamese in Hanoi, debunks ten myths about Chinese characters, and discovers the region where Swahili became the lingua franca. Witty and utterly fascinating, Babel will change how you look at and listen to the world. “Word nerds of every strain will enjoy this wildly entertaining linguistic study.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Americana

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Americana written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: