Sociolinguistics in Ireland (eBook)

R. Hickey (Herausgeber)

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2016
XXII, 424 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-45347-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Sociolinguistics in Ireland takes a fresh look at the interface of language and society in present-day Ireland. In a series of specially commissioned chapters it examines the relationship of the Irish and English languages and traces their dynamic development both in history and at present. A range of topical issues are dealt with such as language and the media as well as the most recent sociolinguistic developments in Ireland. The historical section tells the story of emigration from Ireland to overseas locations and shows how Irish and English interacted through the centuries and how attempts at reviving Irish have coloured Irish politics and education in the past century or so. The contemporary section deals with matters such as language use in present-day Ireland, code-switching between Irish and English, the study of Irish English using modern technology and its prevalence in films produced in Ireland.

Raymond Hickey is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Duisburg and Essen. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and in Kiel, Germany. His main research interests are sociolinguistics, varieties of English, eighteenth century English, the Irish language alongside general questions of language contact and change on which he has published widely.

Contributors:

Carolina P. Amador-Moreno, University of Extremadura, Spain. Anne Barron, Leuphana University, Germany. Brian Clancy, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. Terry Crowley, University of Leeds, UK. Raymond Hickey, University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany. Tina Hickey, University College Dublin, Ireland. Liam Mac Mathúna, University College Dublin, Ireland. Kevin McCafferty, University of Bergen, Norway. Síobhán Ni Laoire, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. Brian Ó Catháin, National University of Ireland Maynooth. Irina Pandarova, , Leuphana University, Germany. Marion Patricia Ronan, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Kathleen Shields, National University of Ireland Maynooth. Nancy Stenson, University of Minnesota, USA. Regina Uí Chollatáin, University College Dublin, Ireland. Elaine Vaughan, University of Limerick, Ireland. Shane Walshe, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Iarfhlaith Watson, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Autor

Raymond Hickey studied at Trinity College, Dublin and in Kiel, Germany. He has held professorial appointments at four German universities. His main research interests are sociolinguistics, varieties of English, eighteenth century English, the Irish language alongside general questions of language contact and change on which he has published widely.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Half-Title 2
Title 4
Copyright 5
Table of Contents 6
List of Figures 8
List of Tables 9
Preface and Acknowledgements 11
Notes on the Contributors 13
The International Phonetic Alphabet 18
Maps 19
Part I Language and Society in Contemporary Ireland 24
1 English in Ireland: Development and Varieties 25
2 The Irish Language in Present-day Ireland 63
3 The Irish Language and the Media 82
4 Irish-English Code-switching: a Sociolinguistic Perspective 103
5 The Sociolinguistics of Language Use in Ireland 129
Part II Language and Society in Irish History 153
6 Language Relations in Early Ireland 154
7 From Early Modern Ireland to the Great Famine 175
8 Language Shift and Language Revival in Ireland 197
9 Language, Politics and Identity in Ireland: a Historical Overview 219
10 Emigrant Letters: Exploring the ‘Grammar of the Conquered’ 239
11 Society, Language and Irish Emigration 265
Part III Sociolinguistic Interfaces 287
12 Second-language Acquisition of Irish and the Role of Reading 288
13 The Language of Irish Writing in English 318
14 Irish Society as Portrayed in Irish Films 339
15 Translation and Society in Ireland, 1900–Present 363
16 Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora 384
Timelines 408
Glossary 414
General Bibliography 435
Index 440

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.4.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XXII, 424 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Identity • Linguistics • Migration • Politics • Sociolinguistics
• ISBN-10: 1-137-45347-8 / 1137453478
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-45347-1 / 9781137453471