Background
Jones, Mari Catrin was born on March 3, 1967 in Usk, Wales. Daughter of Philip Griffith and Eirwen Jones.
(This book is the first to present a comprehensive linguis...)
This book is the first to present a comprehensive linguistic study of Jersey Norman French. Drawing on a corpus of original data, it offers historical and dialectological sketches, an assessment of language planning on Jersey, and an account of language change in progress. It also establishes the relevance of Jersey Norman French to the field of language obsolescence.
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(Mari C. Jones's book is the first to examine developments...)
Mari C. Jones's book is the first to examine developments in contemporary Welsh with reference to both language death and standardization. She bases her study on extensive fieldwork in two sociolinguistically contrasting communities She also examines agents of revitalization, such as immersion schools and the media, and the effect they are having on Welsh. She explores and discusses the position of Breton and Cornish by way of comparison.
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Jones, Mari Catrin was born on March 3, 1967 in Usk, Wales. Daughter of Philip Griffith and Eirwen Jones.
Bachelor with honors, University Wales, 1989. Master of Philosophy, University Cambridge, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, 1993.
Research fellow Center for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies University Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992-1993. Fellow in modern and medieval languages Peterhouse, Cambridge, England, since 1993. University lecturer University Cambridge, since 1993.
(This book is the first to present a comprehensive linguis...)
(Mari C. Jones's book is the first to examine developments...)
Member Association French Language Studies, Honorary Society Cymmrodorion, Philological Society Great Britain.