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The Oxford handbook of Irish English / edited by Raymond Hickey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford handbooks in linguistics.
- Oxford handbooks online.
- Oxford handbooks in linguistics
- Oxford handbooks online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dialects--Ireland.
- English language.
- Sociolinguistics--Ireland.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Other Title:
- Handbook of Irish English
- Irish English
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the range of varieties of English spoken on the island of Ireland. It explores the historical background and structural features of Irish English, alongside sociolinguistic considerations, and will be of interest to readers in fields of varieties of English, Irish studies, and sociolinguistics.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- The Oxford Handbook of Irish English
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of maps
- Abbreviations
- About the contributors
- Part I. A framework for Irish English
- 1. Irish English in today's world
- 2. Language in early Ireland
- 3. The history of English in Ireland, 1200-1800
- 4. Irish English in the nineteenth century
- 5. Irish-English bilingualism
- 6. Contact between Irish and English
- Part II. Investigating Irish English
- 7. The pronunciation of English in Ireland
- 8. The grammar of Irish English
- 9. The vocabulary of Irish English
- 10. Mid-Ulster English and Ulster Scots
- 11. Urban English in Northern Ireland
- 12. Irish English corpus linguistics
- 13. Irish English in advertising
- 14. Irish English in the media
- 15. Emigrant letters from Ireland
- Part III. Irish English in use
- 16. Dublin English and third-wave sociolinguistics
- 17. Irish English in Galway City
- 18. Irish English in Cork City
- 19. Irish English and variational pragmatics
- 20. Discourse-pragmatic markers in Irish English
- 21. Politeness in Irish English
- 22. The language of Irish literature in English
- Part IV. Language and the Irish diaspora
- 23. The spread of Irish English
- 24. From Ireland to Newfoundland
- 25. Irish influence on Australian English
- 26. The language of nineteenth-century Irish immigrants to New Zealand
- Part V. The wider context
- 27. Perceptions of Irish English
- 28. Acquisition of Irish English by recent migrants
- 29. Language and Irish Travellers
- 30. Irish Sign Language: Ireland's third language
- Glossary
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 15, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9780192598196
- 0192598198
- 9780191889622
- 0191889628
- 9780192598189
- 019259818X
- OCLC:
- 1409029983
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