Irish Varieties

Irish Varieties
Author: James J. Gaskin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1874
Genre: Dalkey (Ireland)
ISBN:

Irish Varieties

Irish Varieties
Author: I. Gaskin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2023-10-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368840126

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Support, Transmission, Education and Target Varieties in the Celtic Languages

Support, Transmission, Education and Target Varieties in the Celtic Languages
Author: Noel Ó Murchadha
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2019-12-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351016253

Like many languages across the globe, the Celtic languages today are experiencing varying degrees of minoritisation and revitalisation. The experience of the Celtic languages in the twenty-first century is characterised by language shift to English and French, but they have also been the focus of official and grassroots initiatives aimed at reinvigorating the minoritised languages. This modern reality is evident in the profile of contemporary users of the Celtic languages, in the type of variation that they practise, and in their views on Celtic language and society in the twenty-first century. In turn, this reality provides a challenge to preconceived ideas about what the Celtic languages are like and how they should be regarded and managed at local and global levels. This book aims to shed light on some of the main issues facing the Celtic languages into the future and to showcase different approaches to studying such contexts. It presents contributions interested in explicating the modern condition of the Celtic languages. It engages with attitudinal support for the Celtic languages, modes of language transmission, choosing educational models in minority settings, pedagogical approaches for language learners and perceptions of linguistic practices. These issues are considered within the context of language shift and revitalisation in the Celtic languages. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum.

Irish Identities

Irish Identities
Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501507664

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.

Varieties of English. Northern Irish English

Varieties of English. Northern Irish English
Author: Wilfried Mieth
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 3656414076

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, LMU Munich, language: English, abstract: This term paper investigates by how far Northern Irish English that consists of Mid Ulster English and South Ulster English is linguistically located between Hiberno English and the Ulster Scots dialects of English. Therefore Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology and Syntax and Lexis of these dialects are examined.

Varieties of English

Varieties of English
Author: Alexander Bergs
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110525046

This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English.

Varieties of English in Writing

Varieties of English in Writing
Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027249016

This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to the volume is the question of how genuine written representations are. Here the emphasis is on the techniques and methodology which can be employed when analysing documents. The vernacular styles found in written documents and the use of these as a window on earlier spoken modes of different varieties represent a focal concern of the book. Studies of language in literature, which were offered in the past, have been revisited and their findings reassessed in the light of recent advances in variationist linguistics.