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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Belfast Working Papers in Language and Linguistics
Author: Belfast Working Papers in Language
Author: J. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780901229939
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages :
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Belfast Working Papers in Language and Linguistics
Author: Papers from the 4th International Conference on Historical Linguistics
Author: Elizabeth Closs TraugottPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027235015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The studies in this volume are revised versions of a selection from the papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held at Stanford University on 26 30 March 1979. Papers at this conference, and in this volume, treat aspects of all current topics in historical linguistics, including topics that are only recently considered relevant, such as acquisition, structure, and language use.
Irish English, volume 1 - Northern Ireland
Author: Karen P. CorriganPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748634304
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
An overview of English as it is spoken in the Northern dialect regions of Ireland.
Sociolinguistics
Author: Richard A. HudsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521563499
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
New edition of widely-acclaimed textbook, including new sections on up-to-date topics for the 1990s.
Irish Identities
Author: Raymond HickeyPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501507664
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This volume examines in-depth the many facets of language and identity in the complex linguistic landscape of Ireland. The role of the heritage language Irish is scrutinized as are the manifold varieties of English spoken in regions of the island determined by both geography and social contexts. Language as a vehicle of national and cultural identity is center-stage as is the representation of identity in various media types and text genres. In addition, the volume examines the self-image of the Irish as reflected in various self-portrayals and references, e.g. in humorous texts. Identity as an aspect of both public and private life in contemporary Ireland, and its role in the gender interface, is examined closely in several chapters. This collection is aimed at both scholars and students interested in langage and identity in the milti-layered situation of Ireland, both historically and at present. By addressing general issues surrounding the dynamic and vibrant research area of identity it reaches out to readers beyond Ireland who are concerned with the pivotal role this factor plays in present-day societies.
New Perspectives on Irish English
Author: Bettina MiggePublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027249040
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This volume brings together current research by international scholars on the varieties of English spoken in Ireland. The papers apply contemporary theoretical and methodological approaches and frameworks to a range of topics. A number of papers explore the distribution of linguistic features in Irish English, including the evolution of linguistic structures in Irish English and linguistic change in progress, employing broadly quantitative sociolinguistic approaches. Pragmatic features of Irish English are explored through corpus linguistics-based analysis. The construction of linguistic corpora using written and recorded material form the focus of other papers, extending and analyzing the growing range of corpus material available to researchers of varieties of English, including diaspora varieties. Issues of language and identity in contemporary Ireland are explored in several contributions using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The volume will be of interest to linguists generally, and to scholars with an interest in varieties of English.
Studies in Linguistic Geography (RLE Linguistics D: English Linguistics)
Author: John M. KirkPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317931548
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The publication in the past ten years of linguistic atlases of England and Scotland has not only advanced our knowledge of the lexical and morphological variety inherent in the English language, but has made it possible to establish a number of methodological principles for the study of language both in its contemporary distribution and in its historical evolution. The essays in this volume, by contributors to the linguistic atlases and other dialectologists, describe some of the problems that bedevil the study of dialect and the methodological solutions employed to minimise them. They also survey the contributions that linguistic cartography can make to the study of English and of language in general. The considerations it embodies are of major importance for the student of language and, in addition, the book is an invaluable companion to the Atlases.
English Historical Linguistics. Volume 2
Author: Alexander BergsPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110251604
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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