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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... hundred and fifty years a language shift had occurred . There are many reasons for the shift , reasons which have more to do with social conditions than with linguistic preference , but four main ones can be highlighted . First , the ...
... hundred and fifty years a language shift had occurred . There are many reasons for the shift , reasons which have more to do with social conditions than with linguistic preference , but four main ones can be highlighted . First , the ...
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... hundred years and he's not beaten yet . ' There were no hesitations , no false starts , just the easy - flowing naturalness of a well - rehearsed story . It is unnecessary to offer a protracted comment on the dialogue , but we might ...
... hundred years and he's not beaten yet . ' There were no hesitations , no false starts , just the easy - flowing naturalness of a well - rehearsed story . It is unnecessary to offer a protracted comment on the dialogue , but we might ...
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... hundred years , they will face the storms of the Irish Sea ; and for three hundred years , they will be buffetted and blown by the harsh winds of the wild Atlantic . Eventually , when the children have lived as swans for nine hundred ...
... hundred years , they will face the storms of the Irish Sea ; and for three hundred years , they will be buffetted and blown by the harsh winds of the wild Atlantic . Eventually , when the children have lived as swans for nine hundred ...
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Introduction to Irish Literature | 1 |
The History of Irish English | 10 |
Irish and Irish Englishes | 18 |
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