New Perspectives on Irish English

New Perspectives on Irish English - Varieties of English Around the World

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9789027249043
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pub date:
DEWEY: 427.9415
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 361
Weight: 850g
Height: 175mm
Width: 248mm
Spine width: 26mm