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Irish English. Volume 1, Northern Ireland /

This book focuses on the sociolinguistic consequences of historical contact between Indigenous Irish peoples and newer English and Scottish settlers in what is now the territory of Northern Ireland (NI). The contact varieties that resulted represent the oldest L2 'Englishes' globally. More...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corrigan, Karen P., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
Colección:Dialects of English.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Geography, demography and cultural factors. Geography and linguistic ecology ; Topography, communications and settlement in Northern Ireland ; Dialect territories and representative speakers ; Demography ; Legal, political and socio-cultural factors ; Conclusion
  • Phonetics and phonology. Introduction ; NIE/US vowels ; NIE/US consonants ; NIE/US suprasegmentals ; Conclusion
  • Morphosyntax. Introduction ; The nominal system ; Prepositions ; Verbs ; Adverbials/adjectives/intensifiers ; Yet/whenever/all ; Syntactic structures ; Conclusion
  • Lexis and discourse. Introduction ; History of lexicography in NI ; Sources of vocabulary and associated semantic fields ; Discourse
  • History, including changes in progress ; Models of language ecologies of prehistoric and early Christian peoples (9000 BC-AD 1000) ; The linguistic ecologies of the medieval and Tudor periods (1177-1602) ; The language ecology of the Stuart era (1603-88) ; The language ecology of modern times (1700-1945) ; Current changes to the linguistic ecology of NI
  • Annotated bibliography ; Bibliographies and reviews ; Historical works on NIE/US ; Monographs and edited collections ; Phonetics and phonology ; Morphosyntax ; Lexis and discourse ; Linguistic contact ; Regional variation and the local standard ; Language censuses and language planning ; Electronic resources
  • Sample texts. Ulster Scots ; Mid-Ulster English ; South Ulster English.