Title Statements
- Full title :Focus on Ireland / edited by Jeffrey Kallen
Summary
This volume in the series "Varieties of English around the World" focuses on varities of English in Ireland. Topics covered include: bilingualism and substrate influence; clefts and reflexives; the syntax of Belfast English; and the lexicon of Hiberno-English.
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- Publication Date:1997
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):J. Benjamins
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997
The Physical Object
- Description:xviii, 260 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1556197187, 9781556197185
- oclc:ocn476557511
Table of Contents
Irish English -- context and contacts, Jeffrey L. Kallen; bilingualism and substrate influence -- a look at clefts and reflexives, Terence Odin; the influence of Irish on perfect marking in Hiberno-English -- the case of the "extended-now" perfect, Markku Filppula; the emerging Irish phonological substratum in Irish English, Donall P.O Baoill; the syntax of Belfast English, Alison Henry; aspects of prosody in Hiberno-English -- the case of Belfast, Joan Rahilly; confusion of dentality and alveolarity in dialects of Hiberno-English, Roibeard O hUrdail; diphtongization of (o) in Claddagh Hiberno-English -- a network study, Alma Collins; the lexicon of Hiberno-English, Brigitte van Ryckeghem; Irish English and contemporary literary writing, John M. Kirk; the role of Irish English in the formation of new world Englishes -- the case from Newfoundland, Sandra Clarke; a tale of two Georges -- the language of Irish Indian traders in colonial North America, Michael Montgomery.
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