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 56
... never knew when they were tired . I. That's right . Jack said that to look at them you'd think they enjoyed work . And the head buckcat used to drill them in the morning before eight o'clock . N. So I believe . Many's the time I thought ...
... never knew when they were tired . I. That's right . Jack said that to look at them you'd think they enjoyed work . And the head buckcat used to drill them in the morning before eight o'clock . N. So I believe . Many's the time I thought ...
Pagina 99
... never rightly knowed : But still it's truth I'm tellin ye - or may I never sin ! All the gold in Ballytearim is what's stickin ' to the whin ' . [ gorse ] The eighteenth century is marked by an increased interest on the part of both the ...
... never rightly knowed : But still it's truth I'm tellin ye - or may I never sin ! All the gold in Ballytearim is what's stickin ' to the whin ' . [ gorse ] The eighteenth century is marked by an increased interest on the part of both the ...
Pagina 106
... never be destroyed by fire11 and in the word ' slogan ' from a Gaelic phrase ' sluagh ghairm ' ( ' the cry of the army host ' ) . Mangan has sometimes been compared with Edgar Allan Poe ( 1809-1849 ) 12 and there are resemblances ...
... never be destroyed by fire11 and in the word ' slogan ' from a Gaelic phrase ' sluagh ghairm ' ( ' the cry of the army host ' ) . Mangan has sometimes been compared with Edgar Allan Poe ( 1809-1849 ) 12 and there are resemblances ...
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Introduction to Irish Literature | 1 |
The History of Irish English | 10 |
Irish and Irish Englishes | 18 |
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