Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 193 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780748634309
Series Statement:
Dialects of English
Content:
This book focuses on the sociolinguistic consequences of historical contact between indigenous Irish peoples and newer English and Scottish settlers in what is now the territory of Northern Ireland (NI). The contact varieties that resulted represent the oldest L2 'Englishes' globally. Moreover, the degree of admixture from English, Irish and Scots in the contemporary dialects of NI reflects various external forces. Naturally, these varieties share certain structural features with sister Celtic Englishes and indeed with other vernacular Englishes globally. However, there are other linguistic traits that seem to be unique and therefore essentially local. Irish English, Volume 1 - Northern Ireland aims to provide insights into the evolution of language in 21st century NI and to promote an understanding of linguistic diversity in this region in the context of World Englishes
Content:
Geography, demography and cultural factors. Geography and linguistic ecology ; Topography, communications and settlement in Northern Ireland ; Dialect territories and representative speakers ; Demography ; Legal, political and socio-cultural factors ; Conclusion -- Phonetics and phonology. Introduction ; NIE/US vowels ; NIE/US consonants ; NIE/US suprasegmentals ; Conclusion -- Morphosyntax. Introduction ; The nominal system ; Prepositions ; Verbs ; Adverbials/adjectives/intensifiers ; Yet/whenever/all ; Syntactic structures ; Conclusion -- Lexis and discourse. Introduction ; History of lexicography in NI ; Sources of vocabulary and associated semantic fields ; Discourse -- History, including changes in progress ; Models of language ecologies of prehistoric and early Christian peoples (9000 BC-AD 1000) ; The linguistic ecologies of the medieval and Tudor periods (1177-1602) ; The language ecology of the Stuart era (1603-88) ; The language ecology of modern times (1700-1945) ; Current changes to the linguistic ecology of NI -- Annotated bibliography ; Bibliographies and reviews ; Historical works on NIE/US ; Monographs and edited collections ; Phonetics and phonology ; Morphosyntax ; Lexis and discourse ; Linguistic contact ; Regional variation and the local standard ; Language censuses and language planning ; Electronic resources -- Sample texts. Ulster Scots ; Mid-Ulster English ; South Ulster English
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748634286
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748634293
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780748634286
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Nordirland
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Englisch
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