English and Celtic in contact
By: by Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, and Heli Paulasto.
Contributors: Klemola, Juhani.; Paulasto, Heli.
Series: Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415266024; 9780203895009
Subjects: Celtic languages -- Influence on English; Languages in contact -- Great Britain; Sociolinguistics -- Great Britain; English language -- Foreign elements -- Celtic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early Celtic influences in English. The historical background to the early contacts; title: The linguistic outcomes of the early contacts; title: Celtic influences in the modern age. The historical background to the modern contacts and to language shift in Celtic-speaking areas; title: The linguistic outcomes of the modern contacts; title: The extent of Celtic influences in English; title: The debates on the extent of Celtic influences in English; title: A reassessment of the evidence for Celtic influences.