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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453780303321

Autore

Kallen Jeffrey L

Titolo

Irish English . Volume 2 The Republic of Ireland / / Jeffrey L. Kallen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61451-129-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Dialects of English, , 2164-7445 ; ; volume 9

Disciplina

427/.9417

Soggetti

English language - Dialects - Ireland

English language - Ireland

English language - Ireland - Discourse analysis

English language - Social aspects - Ireland

English language - Variation - Ireland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Ireland -- Content -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Geography, demography, and cultural factors -- 2 Phonetics and phonology -- 3 Morphosyntax -- 4 Lexis and discourse features -- 5 History, including changes in progress -- 6 Survey of previous work -- 7 Sample texts -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume continues the Dialects of English series, and complements Irish English volume 1: Northern Ireland, by Karen Corrigan. Focusing on Irish English in the Republic of Ireland, the book starts by exploring the often oppositional roles of national language development and globalisation in shaping Irish English from the earliest known times to the present. Three chapters on the lexicon and discourse, syntax, and phonology focus on traditional dialect but also refer to colloquial and vernacular Irish English, the use of dialect in literature, and the modern "standard" language, especially as found in the International Corpus of English (ICE-Ireland). A separate chapter examines the internal history of Irish English, from Irish Middle English to contemporary change in progress. The book includes an extended bibliographical essay and a



set of sample literary texts and texts from ICE-Ireland. Continuing themes include the impact on Irish English of contact with the Irish language, the position of Irish English in world Englishes, and features which help to distinguish between Irish English in the Republic and in Northern Ireland.