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 55
... Look up , look up at my bedhead And there you'll see a sittin ' A guinea - gold ring and a keeper too That were bought for Barbary Ellen . HE verse also abounds , much of it containing Irish phrases and HE constructions : O Dia linn ...
... Look up , look up at my bedhead And there you'll see a sittin ' A guinea - gold ring and a keeper too That were bought for Barbary Ellen . HE verse also abounds , much of it containing Irish phrases and HE constructions : O Dia linn ...
Pagina 82
... look at the same thing but see it differently can be found in the exchanges between the lovers , Máire and Yolland . When they leave the dance early , they fumble towards com- munication : Máire : Manus'll wonder where I've got to ...
... look at the same thing but see it differently can be found in the exchanges between the lovers , Máire and Yolland . When they leave the dance early , they fumble towards com- munication : Máire : Manus'll wonder where I've got to ...
Pagina 129
... look , and again sank on his seat ; it was the last proud throe of life , roused into existence by the last violent feeling of a mortal emotion . ( ed . Brophy , 1986 , p . 244 ) It is also true , however , that this novel was very ...
... look , and again sank on his seat ; it was the last proud throe of life , roused into existence by the last violent feeling of a mortal emotion . ( ed . Brophy , 1986 , p . 244 ) It is also true , however , that this novel was very ...
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Introduction to Irish Literature | 1 |
The History of Irish English | 10 |
Irish and Irish Englishes | 18 |
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