Full Description
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the range of varieties of English spoken on the island of Ireland, featuring information on their historical background, structural features, and sociolinguistic considerations. The first part of the volume explores English and Irish in their historical framework as well as current issues of contact and bilingualism. Chapters in Part II and Part III investigate the structures and use of Irish English today, from pronunciation and grammar to discourse-pragmatic markers and politeness strategies, alongside studies of specific varieties such as Urban English in Northern Ireland and the Irish English spoken in Dublin, Galway, and Cork. Part IV focuses on the Irish diaspora, with chapters covering topics including Newfoundland Irish English and Irish influence on Australian English, while the final part looks at the wider context, such as the language of Irish Travellers and Irish Sign Language. The handbook also features a detailed glossary of key terms, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in varieties of English, Irish studies, sociolinguistics, and social and cultural history.
Contents
Part I. A framework for Irish English
1: Raymond Hickey: Irish English in today's world
2: Patricia Ronan: Language in Early Ireland
3: Raymond Hickey: The history of English in Ireland, 1200-1800
4: Marije van Hattum: Irish English in the nineteenth century
5: Liam Mac Mathúna: Irish-English bilingualism
6: Raymond Hickey: Contact between Irish and English
Part II. Investigating Irish English
7: Raymond Hickey: The pronunciation of English in Ireland
8: Markku Filppula: The grammar of Irish English
9: John Kirk: The vocabulary of Irish English
10: Warren Maguire: Mid-Ulster English and Ulster Scots
11: Raymond Hickey: Urban English in Northern Ireland
12: Anne O'Keeffe: Irish English corpus linguistics
13: Joan O'Sullivan: Irish English in advertising
14: Shane Walshe: Irish English in the media
15: Kevin McCafferty and Carolina P. Amador-Moreno: Emigrant letters from Ireland
Part III. Irish English in use
16: Marion Schulte: Dublin English and third wave sociolinguistics
17: Arne Peters: Irish English in Galway city
18: Nicola J. Bessell: Irish English in Cork city
19: Anne Barron: Irish English and variational pragmatics
20: Carolina P. Amador-Moreno: Discourse-pragmatic markers in Irish English
21: Elaine Vaughan: Politeness strategies in Irish English
22: Raymond Hickey: The language of Irish literature in English
Part IV. Language and the Irish diaspora
23: Raymond Hickey: The spread of Irish English
24: Sandra Clarke: From Ireland to Newfoundland
25: Simon Musgrave and Kate Burridge: Irish influence on Australian English
26: Dania Bonness: The language of nineteenth-century immigrants to New Zealand
Part V. The wider context
27: Stephen Lucek: Perceptions of Irish English
28: Chloé Diskin-Holdaway: Acquisition of Irish English
29: Brian Clancy: Language and Irish Travellers
30: Susanne Mohr and Lorraine Leeson: Irish Sign Language: Ireland's third language
Glossary
