[PDF] The Dialects Of Irish eBook

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110238306

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The book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish. It gives specific information on the features of each dialect and considers many sub-divisions, using maps and tables to illustrate clearly what is the subject of discussion. There are several innovations in the book, such as a system of lexical sets which facilitate the description and analysis of variation and change in modern Irish. The data for the book stems from recordings of more than 200 speakers and all the statements made about the structure of Irish are based on native speakers' speech samples. These are supplied online with a software interface which allows users to quickly orient themselves among the varieties of Irish via clickable maps. A number of further issues are focused on in the book, such as the possibility of dialect reconstruction and the use of place-name evidence for determining the earlier distribution of Irish. Additional historical and background information is provided so that scholars and students without any previous knowledge of the language can readily grasp the themes and issues discussed.

Author : Mícheál ósiadhail
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 1991-08-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521425193

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This comparative overview of modern Irish dialects surveys the phonology, morphology and syntext of the various dialects and contains a wealth of empirical data organized in an accessible way for the nonspecialist.

Author : Aidan Doyle (Lecturer in Irish)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0198724764

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This book traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion to independence. Aidan Doyle addresses both the shifting position of Irish in society and the important internal linguistic changes that have taken place, and combines political, cultural, and linguistic history.

Author : Karen P. Corrigan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0748634304

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An overview of English as it is spoken in the Northern dialect regions of Ireland.

Author : Carolina P. Amador Moreno
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 2010
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781845533717

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A practical introduction to the English spoken in Ireland, its most characteristic features, and its historical development. As well as looking at the specific examples where substratum from the Irish Language can be observed, the book analyses other features unique to Irish English, from different perspectives .

Author : Markku Filppula
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134759967

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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 language on Hiberno-English * similarities between Hiberno-English and other Celtic-influenced varieties of English spoken in Scotland and Wales The Grammar of Irish English is a comprehensive empirical study which will be an essential reference for scholars of Hiberno-English and of value to all those working in the field of Germanic linguistics.