Language, Identity and Performance

Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Wales

Author(s) Nikolas Coupland

Language: English

Genre(s): Welsh Interest

Series: Politics and Society in Wales

  • October 2009 · 256 pages ·216x138mm

  • · Hardback - 9780708321485

This book makes available a selection of the author's research on understanding Wales from a sociolinguistic perspective. Challenging some establishment views about the link between the Welsh language and Welsh social identities, the book covers a range of subjects such as language, identity, style, bilingualism, language policy, language change and globalization with respect to Wales, the Welsh global diaspora, Welshness and Welsh English.

Author(s): Nikolas Coupland

Professor Nik Coupland is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University.

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