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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791264103321

Autore

Corrigan Karen P

Titolo

Irish English, 1 [[electronic resource] ] : Northern Ireland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7486-7144-7

1-282-62021-5

9786612620218

0-7486-3430-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Dialects of English

Disciplina

427.9416

Soggetti

English language -- Dialects -- Northern Ireland

English language - Dialects - Northern Ireland

English

English Language

Languages & Literatures

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and glossary; Preface; 1 Geography, demography and cultural factors; 2 Phonetics and phonology; 3 Morphosyntax; 4 Lexis and discourse; 5 History, including changes in progress; 6 Annotated bibliography; 7 Sample texts; Notes; General bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the sociolinguistic consequences of historical contact between indigenous Irish peoples and newer English and Scottish settlers in what is now the territory of Northern Ireland (NI). The contact varieties that resulted represent the oldest L2 'Englishes' globally. Moreover, the degree of admixture from English, Irish and Scots in the contemporary dialects of NI reflects various external forces. Naturally, these varieties share certain structural features with sister Celtic Englishes and indeed with other vernacular Englishes globally. However, there are other linguistic tr