The Language of Irish LiteratureMacmillan Education, 1989 - 193 pagina's The Language of Irish Literature is the first book on the market to discuss Irish Literature in terms of the history of, and the linguistic contacts in, the island. It provides a description of the development of the varieties of English in Ireland, concentrating on the input from Irish Gaelic and Scots as well as English. It examines the history of English in Ireland; the nature of Irish and of Irish Englishes; oral traditions: songs and stories; and the three main literary genres: drama, poetry and prose. |
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Pagina 45
... better to hoke in the ground than to marry a hag . Is fearr tocailt sa talamh ná pósadh le cailleach . ( Be better poke in + the ground than marriage with hag ) 13 the frequent use of references to God and religion : God help you an ...
... better to hoke in the ground than to marry a hag . Is fearr tocailt sa talamh ná pósadh le cailleach . ( Be better poke in + the ground than marriage with hag ) 13 the frequent use of references to God and religion : God help you an ...
Pagina 101
... better known than the works of Charlotte Brooke are those of Theophilus O'Flanagan ( 1762–1814 ) and Samuel Fer- guson ( 1810-1886 ) . Both men tried to capture in English the phonological sound patterns of Irish . O'Flanagan does it un ...
... better known than the works of Charlotte Brooke are those of Theophilus O'Flanagan ( 1762–1814 ) and Samuel Fer- guson ( 1810-1886 ) . Both men tried to capture in English the phonological sound patterns of Irish . O'Flanagan does it un ...
Pagina 125
... better off if treated like sheep , cattle or swine . Swift may have hated living in Ireland , but he was conscious of the sufferings of the peasantry and unwilling to overlook them . Swift's most enduring prose masterpiece , Gulliver's ...
... better off if treated like sheep , cattle or swine . Swift may have hated living in Ireland , but he was conscious of the sufferings of the peasantry and unwilling to overlook them . Swift's most enduring prose masterpiece , Gulliver's ...
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Introduction to Irish Literature | 1 |
The History of Irish English | 10 |
Irish and Irish Englishes | 18 |
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