Sociolinguistics
This chapter begins by considering the motivations for undertaking sociolinguistic studies and discusses the range and quality of evidence that can be marshalled for early Britain. The pre-Roman linguistic situation and the advent and spread of Latin are assessed using linguistic and archaeological...
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| description | This chapter begins by considering the motivations for undertaking sociolinguistic studies and discusses the range and quality of evidence that can be marshalled for early Britain. The pre-Roman linguistic situation and the advent and spread of Latin are assessed using linguistic and archaeological evidence, and the extent and nature of Latin–Celtic bilingualism across time, space, and social levels explored. A presentation of the long-standing debate on the nature of Latin spoken in Roman Britain follows, and new evidence is offered to counter the traditional view that British Latin was particularly conservative. The chapter closes by looking at the legacy of the linguistic impact of Roman Britain, briefly considering the post-Roman inscriptions and language contact phenomena in the Germanic languages. |
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| spelling | nottingham-446762020-05-04T18:04:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44676/ Sociolinguistics Mullen, Alex This chapter begins by considering the motivations for undertaking sociolinguistic studies and discusses the range and quality of evidence that can be marshalled for early Britain. The pre-Roman linguistic situation and the advent and spread of Latin are assessed using linguistic and archaeological evidence, and the extent and nature of Latin–Celtic bilingualism across time, space, and social levels explored. A presentation of the long-standing debate on the nature of Latin spoken in Roman Britain follows, and new evidence is offered to counter the traditional view that British Latin was particularly conservative. The chapter closes by looking at the legacy of the linguistic impact of Roman Britain, briefly considering the post-Roman inscriptions and language contact phenomena in the Germanic languages. Oxford University Press Millett, Martin Revell, Louise Moore, Alison 2016-09-01 Book Section PeerReviewed Mullen, Alex (2016) Sociolinguistics. In: Oxford handbook of Roman Britain. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 573-598. ISBN 9780199697731 bilingualism British Celtic British Latin curse tablets epigraphy identities language sociolinguistics Aquae Sulis/Bath Ratcliffe-on-Soar (Nottinghamshire) doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.032 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.032 |
| spellingShingle | bilingualism British Celtic British Latin curse tablets epigraphy identities language sociolinguistics Aquae Sulis/Bath Ratcliffe-on-Soar (Nottinghamshire) Mullen, Alex Sociolinguistics |
| title | Sociolinguistics |
| title_full | Sociolinguistics |
| title_fullStr | Sociolinguistics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sociolinguistics |
| title_short | Sociolinguistics |
| title_sort | sociolinguistics |
| topic | bilingualism British Celtic British Latin curse tablets epigraphy identities language sociolinguistics Aquae Sulis/Bath Ratcliffe-on-Soar (Nottinghamshire) |
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