Language change and variation in Gibraltar /

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Author / Creator:	Levey, David.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Impact : studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; v. 23 Impact, studies in language and society ; 23.
Subject:	Linguistic change -- Gibraltar. Sociolinguistics -- Gibraltar. Languages in contact -- Gibraltar. Language and languages -- Variation. Languages in contact. Linguistic change. Sociolinguistics. Gibraltar -- Languages -- Variation. Gibraltar. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221593

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ISBN:	9789027291592 9027291594 9789027218629 9027218625 1282152254 9781282152250 9786612152252 6612152257
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Levey, David. Language change and variation in Gibraltar. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008

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