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Sociolinguistics in Wales

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Mercedes Durham

    1. Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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  2. Jonathan Morris

    1. Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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  • Showcases the languages and language situation in Wales with special reference to recent, innovative sociolinguistic research

  • Contributes to the wider sociolinguistic research community in presenting a range of data, frameworks and methodologies

  • Considers how factors such as inward and outward migration and greater social mobility are leading to more diverse communities which can further our understanding of sociolinguistics and multilingualism more generally

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Overview of Sociolinguistics in Wales

      • Mercedes Durham, Jonathan Morris
      Pages 3-28

  4. Welsh English

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Variation and Change in the Grammar of Welsh English

      • Heli Paulasto
      Pages 123-150

    3. The Perceptual Dialectology of Wales from the Border

      • Chris Montgomery
      Pages 151-179

    4. Changing Attitudes Towards the Welsh English Accent: A View from Twitter

      • Mercedes Durham
      Pages 181-205

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 307-313
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About this book

This volume showcases recent sociolinguistic research about Wales and offers contributions from scholars working on Welsh, English and other languages spoken in the country. The chapters present a range of frameworks and methodologies used in sociolinguistics and apply them to the Welsh linguistic context. This context is very distinctive compared to the rest of the UK and represents a prime ground to observe different aspects of the interplay between language and society. The structure of the volume reflects the linguistic diversity of the country and is divided into three sections. The first section examines recent research on Welsh, the second section focuses on English, and the third section deals with research on Welsh and English together, as well as research on other languages spoken in Wales. The book will be useful to those wanting to discover more about language and society in Wales, as well as to those already working in the field as it offers new perspectives and insights.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Mercedes Durham, Jonathan Morris

About the editors

Mercedes Durham is Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Cardiff University, UK. Her research includes work on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence, and Welsh and Scottish dialects of English. 


Jonathan Morris is Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK. His research focuses on sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism and second language acquisition in the Welsh context.

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