The grammar of Irish English : language in Hibernian style / / Markku Filppula

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779953603321
• Autore: Filppula Markku
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-75995-9; 1-134-75996-7; 1-280-33263-8; 0-203-02938-0; 0-203-17051-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/ESA studies in Germanic linguistics ; ; 5
• Disciplina: 427/.9417
• Soggetti: English language - Ireland - Grammar; English language - Foreign elements - Irish; Irish language - Influence on English; English language - Dialects - Ireland; English language - Ireland - Style; Languages in contact - Ireland
• 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 (p. 309-321) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Map of Ireland; Introduction; The English language in Ireland; The rise of modern Hiberno-English dialects and the decline of Irish; Major issues in the study of Hiberno-English; Types of explanation offered in previous research; Dating of the formative period of Hiberno-English dialects; Uniformity versus heterogeneity of Hiberno-English dialects; Terminological issues; Databases and methods; Data from Hiberno-English; Data from earlier and other varieties of English; Methods; The Noun Phrase; Hiberno-English usages of the definite article'Unbound' uses of reflexive pronouns; The verb phrase; Hiberno-English perfects; Periphrastic do in Hiberno-English dialects; Plural subject verb concord; Questions, responses, and negation; Word order in indirect questions; Failure of negative attraction; The complex sentence; ; Resumptive pronouns and adverbs in relative and other clauses; Subordinating uses of and; Only and but as conjunctions/conjunctives; Prepositional usage; The preposition on; The preposition in; The preposition with; The preposition of; Focusing devices; Clefting; TopicalisationDiscussion and conclusions; Substratum, superstratum, and universals in the genesis of Hiberno-English; Adstratal developments?; Hiberno-English and other contact vernaculars; Concluding remarks; A description of the Hiberno-English informants; Specimen texts; Details of the manuscript sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Irish English, also termed 'Anglo-Irish' or 'Hiberno-English', as in this book, is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku Filppula here challenges this misconception and offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Hiberno-English. Drawing on a wide range of authentic materials documenting Hiberno-English dialects past and present Filppula examines: * the most distinctive grammatical features of these dialects * relationships with earlier and other regional varieties of English * the continuing influence of the Irish lan