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Author: Terence Patrick Dolan Publisher: Gill & MacMillan ISBN: 9780717129423 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 311
Book Description
This work shows the numerous ways in which Hiberno-English differs from standard English. It ascertains the nature of English as it is spoken and written in Ireland. Among usages covered is hallion, and at the heel of the hunt.
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan Publisher: Gill & MacMillan ISBN: 9780717129423 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 311
Book Description
This work shows the numerous ways in which Hiberno-English differs from standard English. It ascertains the nature of English as it is spoken and written in Ireland. Among usages covered is hallion, and at the heel of the hunt.
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd ISBN: 0717190749 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 330
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The Dictionary of Hiberno-English is the leading reference book on Hiberno-English – the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland. It connects the spoken and the written language, and is a unique national dictionary that bears witness to Irish history, struggles and the creative identities found in Ireland. Reflecting the social, political, religious and financial changes of people's ever-evolving lives, it contains words and expressions not usually seen in a dictionary, such as 'kibosh', 'smithereens', 'Peggy's Leg', 'hames', 'yoke', 'blaa', 'banjax' and 'lubán'. It is a celebration of an irrepressible gift for the creative, expressive and reckless manipulation of the English language!
Author: Bernard Share Publisher: Gill ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 392
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Are you a holy terror? Are you a go-boy? Could you live on the skin of a rasher? Or are you so hungry that you eat a farmer's arse through a hedge? When you're on the razz, do you get so buckled, crippled and scuttered that you can't get your back outa the scratcher in the morning? Never mind the answers: if you understand the questions you are in Slanguage country. If you don't, you need to be. This is the dictionary that glosses the words that real Irish people use in the streets each day, every day. Slang is elusive. Some words and phrases are always there. Others slip in and out of usage according to the whims of fashion. This expanded edition of the standard dictionary of Irish slang includes many entries not in the 1997 edition. It has dropped a few that have fallen out of favour and has revised others. In all, this edition is 25 per cent longer than its predecessor. It will confirm Bernard Share's invaluable book in its position as the major work of its kind, combining scholarship and a keen sense of fun. "Slanguage" does justice to it by taking it seriously, but not too seriously.
Author: Raymond Hickey Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781139465847 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages :
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English has been spoken in Ireland for over 800 years, making Irish English the oldest variety of the language outside Britain. This 2007 book traces the development of English in Ireland, both north and south, from the late Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on authentic data ranging from medieval literature to authentic contemporary examples, it reveals how Irish English arose, how it has developed, and how it continues to change. A variety of central issues are considered in detail, such as the nature of language contact and the shift from Irish to English, the sociolinguistically motivated changes in present-day Dublin English, the special features of Ulster Scots, and the transportation of Irish English to overseas locations as diverse as Canada, the United States, and Australia. Presenting a comprehensive survey of Irish English at all levels of linguistics, this book will be invaluable to historical linguists, sociolinguists, syntacticians and phonologists alike.
Author: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe Publisher: ISBN: 9781851824458 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 244
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This is a very important contribution to Anglo-Irish lexicography and an excellent source of information on the English of Ireland Dictionaries. Now in paperback, this important work fills a long-felt void in the study of both Irish and English, by providing the first extensive compilation of Hiberno-English words, their meanings and etymologies. The legendary eloquence of the Irish is here shown to be the product of not one, but two languages. This applies equally to the spoken word as to the great landmarks of Anglo-Irish literary achievement. The author has collected, from written and (predominantly) oral sources, the most comprehensive evidence to date of the influence of Gaelic on modern spoken English in Ireland.
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan Publisher: Gill Books ISBN: 9780717158607 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 0
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English is the leading reference authority on Hiberno-English -- the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland. Bertie Speak, circling Shannon, dig-out, and ghost estate are just some of the new words, which have recently slipped into our daily lexicon, and are included in Terence Dolan's classic dictionary.
Author: Jane Solomon Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books ISBN: 1786038102 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 115
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What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan
Author: T. P. Dolan
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan
Author: Bernard Share
Author: Raymond Hickey
Author: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe
Author: Seán McMahon
Author: Terence Patrick Dolan
Author: Patrick Weston Joyce
Author: Jane Solomon