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The Word made Welsh: The semiotics of code-switching and borrowing in a minority language / Bethan Tovey-Walsh

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This study examines the previously little-studied phenomenon of orthographic adaptation of English-origin lexical items in Welsh-language discourse. Using the semiotic framework of enregisterment (Agha, 2005), orthographic practices themselves, as well as orthographically adapted lexemes and texts,...

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Published: Swansea, Wales, UK 2024
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Doctoral
Degree name: Ph.D
Supervisor: Fitzpatrick, Tess ; Jones, Rhys
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68868
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