TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levey,David
TI  - Language change and variation in Gibraltar
T2  - Impact : studies in language and society,
SN  - 9789027291592
AV  - P40.5.L542 G55 2008eb
U1  - 417/.7094689 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub.
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Gibraltar
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Languages in contact
KW  - Changement linguistique
KW  - Sociolinguistique
KW  - Langues en contact
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - Ancient Languages
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Historical & Comparative
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Variation
KW  - fast
KW  - Languages
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index; Language Change and Variation in Gibraltar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Tables; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The speech community of Gibraltar; 3. Fieldwork, methodology and analysis; 4. Language choice, competence and attitude; 5. Gibraltarian English; 6. Gibraltarian English; Summary and conclusions; References; Other material and sources consulted; Index; The series IMPACT: Studies in language and society
N2  - While much has been written about Gibraltar from historical and political perspectives, sociolinguistic aspects have been largely overlooked. This book describes the influences which have shaped the colony's linguistic development since the British occupation in 1704, and the relationship between the three principal means of communication: English, Spanish and the code-switching variant Yanito. The study then focuses its attentions on the communicative forms and functions of Gibraltarian English. The closing of the border between Gibraltar and Spain (1969-1982), which effectively isolated the
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