Spoken English in Ireland, 1600-1740: Twenty-seven Representative Texts |
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... language in Canada ) show that this is the normal pattern : once a language becomes isolated it tends to remain stable . “ Interference " from the Irish language is a function of bilingualism , and needs further discussion . There are ...
... language in Canada ) show that this is the normal pattern : once a language becomes isolated it tends to remain stable . “ Interference " from the Irish language is a function of bilingualism , and needs further discussion . There are ...
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... language . This new form of language will depend on a number of " rules " , some of which are proper to the primary language , others to the secondary language , and others again to neither language in its pure form ; but the ...
... language . This new form of language will depend on a number of " rules " , some of which are proper to the primary language , others to the secondary language , and others again to neither language in its pure form ; but the ...
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... language was strong it had little effect on English , and that when it became weak its effect was very great , but in fact the explanation is simple . As long as the French language was strong , French - speakers had little occasion to ...
... language was strong it had little effect on English , and that when it became weak its effect was very great , but in fact the explanation is simple . As long as the French language was strong , French - speakers had little occasion to ...
Contents
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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Aphorismical Discovery aund back vowel bilingual speakers Bog-Witticisms Brogue Captain consonant dear Joy Dermot Derry dialect diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin Dundalk England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels haue Hiberno Hiberno-English Honest Whore idiom instances Ireland Irish Hudibras Irish language Irish Masque Irish neutral Irish words King loanwords long vowel maake Manx Gaelic meaning Munster Irish Nees non-standard spellings noun oaths occurs origin palatal palatal consonant Patrick phonemes phrase play postponed stress printed probably pronoun pronunciation Purgatorium Hibernicum rapparees reference reflect represent rhyme scene Scottish Scottish Gaelic secondary language seems seventeenth century sh-spellings shelf Shoul Sir John Oldcastle speech Stage Irish Standard English Stukeley Teague tell texts Thomas Thomas Stukeley thou Ubique XII Ulster unvoicing usage verb viii Welsh Embassador write construction xvii xviii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii