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Author Hickey, Raymond, 1954-

Title Dublin English : evolution and change / Raymond Hickey
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. G35
Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 35
Contents I. Investigating Dublin English -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Collecting data -- II. English in present-day Dublin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recent changes in Dublin English -- 3. Attitudes to Dublin English -- 4. The wider context -- 5. The grammar of Dublin English -- 6. The vocabulary of Dublin English -- 7. Placenames in Dublin -- III. Reaching back in time -- 1. The history of English in Ireland -- 2. Letters as linguistic evidence -- 3. Literary texts as linguistic evidence -- 4. Prescriptive comments by Dublin authors -- 5. Early modern Dublin English -- 6. Medieval Irish English -- 7. Supraregionalisation
Summary "The present book describes the English language in all its facets as spoken in present-day Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. It covers the entire range of its history since the first arrival of English there several hundred years ago. Apart from the evolution of English in the capital, the book also concentrates on the significant changes which have been taking place in the speech of Dublin in the past 15 years or so."--Jacket
Notes Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index
Notes English
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Subject English language -- Ireland -- Dublin
English language -- Dialects -- Ireland -- Dublin
English language -- Variation -- Ireland -- Dublin
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
English language
English language -- Dialects
English language -- Variation
Language and languages
Sprachvariante
Gesprochene Sprache
Engels.
Dialecten.
SUBJECT Dublin (Ireland) -- Languages
Subject Ireland -- Dublin
Irland
Dublin -- Mundart -- Englisch.
Englisch.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005050258
ISBN 9789027272942
9027272948
1283548941
9781283548946
9786613861399
6613861391