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 114
... round again - That I may seem , though I die old , A foolish , passionate man . ( ' A Prayer for Old Age ' , A Full Moon in March , 1935 ) and scholarship with traditional folk beliefs . To know the harsh wisdom of the proverb : Put a ...
... round again - That I may seem , though I die old , A foolish , passionate man . ( ' A Prayer for Old Age ' , A Full Moon in March , 1935 ) and scholarship with traditional folk beliefs . To know the harsh wisdom of the proverb : Put a ...
Pagina 121
... round his mouth . They also comprehend such stories as ' The Children of Lir ' , the tragic account of ' Deirdre and the Sons of Usna ' , used by Yeats in such poems as ' The Rose of the World ' and retold by Synge in his last play ...
... round his mouth . They also comprehend such stories as ' The Children of Lir ' , the tragic account of ' Deirdre and the Sons of Usna ' , used by Yeats in such poems as ' The Rose of the World ' and retold by Synge in his last play ...
Pagina 164
... round , grabbed your man and sent him home to his mother by air mail . Then the next fella tried it but he ran into a left hook 15 that left him even more stupid than he was to start with . I believe he was wanderin ' round the village ...
... round , grabbed your man and sent him home to his mother by air mail . Then the next fella tried it but he ran into a left hook 15 that left him even more stupid than he was to start with . I believe he was wanderin ' round the village ...
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Introduction to Irish Literature | 1 |
The History of Irish English | 10 |
Irish and Irish Englishes | 18 |
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