Language and conquest in early modern Ireland : English Renaissance literature and Elizabethan imperial expansion /
The Elizabethan conquest of Ireland sparked off two linguistic events: it initiated the language shift from Irish to English, which constitutes the great drama of Irish cultural history, and it marked the beginnings of English linguistic expansion. Palmer explores the role of language in shaping col...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Elizabethan conquest of Ireland sparked off two linguistic events: it initiated the language shift from Irish to English, which constitutes the great drama of Irish cultural history, and it marked the beginnings of English linguistic expansion. Palmer explores the role of language in shaping colonial ideology and English identity. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index. |
ISBN: | 0511041292 9780511041297 0511119143 9780511119149 9780521793186 0521793181 9780511483851 0511483856 9780511047251 0511047258 9780521120333 0521120330 1107122155 9781107122154 1280162201 9781280162206 0511154208 9780511154201 0511303610 9780511303616 |