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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253332103321

Titolo

Sociolinguistics in Ireland / / edited by R. Hickey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-45347-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 424 p.)

Disciplina

417.7

Soggetti

Linguistic change

Sociolinguistics

Social history

Great Britain—History

Historical linguistics

Sociology

Language Change

Social History

History of Britain and Ireland

Historical Linguistics

Sociology, general

Ireland Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Sociolinguistics in Ireland takes a fresh look at the interface of language and society in present-day Ireland. In a series of specially commissioned chapters it examines the relationship of the Irish and English languages and traces their dynamic development both in history and at present. A range of topical issues are dealt with such as language and the media as well as the most recent sociolinguistic developments in Ireland. The historical section tells the story of emigration from Ireland to overseas locations and shows how Irish and English interacted through the centuries and how attempts at reviving Irish have coloured Irish politics and education in the past century or



so. The contemporary section deals with matters such as language use in present-day Ireland, code-switching between Irish and English, the study of Irish English using modern technology and its prevalence in films produced in Ireland.