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 60
... sing the folktale , the myth , the legend , the anecdote and the joke . They each have their literary and linguistic conventions and modern writers of short stories have absorbed many of the techniques that have been handed down for ...
... sing the folktale , the myth , the legend , the anecdote and the joke . They each have their literary and linguistic conventions and modern writers of short stories have absorbed many of the techniques that have been handed down for ...
Pagina 110
... sing free . Now dawns the day , awake and pray And bend the knee , The Lamb who lay beneath the clay Was slain for thee . ( Dunleavy , 1974 , p . 82 ) It is worth noting that Hyde , like Colum , 110 THE LANGUAGE OF IRISH LITERATURE.
... sing free . Now dawns the day , awake and pray And bend the knee , The Lamb who lay beneath the clay Was slain for thee . ( Dunleavy , 1974 , p . 82 ) It is worth noting that Hyde , like Colum , 110 THE LANGUAGE OF IRISH LITERATURE.
Pagina 154
... sing us that song again ? ' Well my Ma was glad to oblige an she sang it over and over again till Maggie got the words by heart . She gave me Ma sixpence for singin and told her to come back the next day to sing it again . Well sixpence ...
... sing us that song again ? ' Well my Ma was glad to oblige an she sang it over and over again till Maggie got the words by heart . She gave me Ma sixpence for singin and told her to come back the next day to sing it again . Well sixpence ...
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Introduction to Irish Literature | 1 |
The History of Irish English | 10 |
Irish and Irish Englishes | 18 |
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