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Page 239
... probably include becash ' because ' ( vi 91 ) ; see $ 54 . The only instance of final / z / as an integral part of ... probably stands for / S / ) , or the plural of a non- standard noun perform ( in which case sh probably stands for / 3 ...
... probably include becash ' because ' ( vi 91 ) ; see $ 54 . The only instance of final / z / as an integral part of ... probably stands for / S / ) , or the plural of a non- standard noun perform ( in which case sh probably stands for / 3 ...
Page 247
... probably represents / S / ; but on the basis of present - day Hiberno - English we might assume that it probably represents / 3 / . Since / s / does not invariably become // in all our texts , one might expect that / z / would not ...
... probably represents / S / ; but on the basis of present - day Hiberno - English we might assume that it probably represents / 3 / . Since / s / does not invariably become // in all our texts , one might expect that / z / would not ...
Page 288
... probably ) only the more acute of the observers noticed this not very conspicuous feature . CONJUNCTIONS §180 . Instances of abnormality in the use of conjunctions are not very numerous ; most of them merely reflect obsolete usage , and ...
... probably ) only the more acute of the observers noticed this not very conspicuous feature . CONJUNCTIONS §180 . Instances of abnormality in the use of conjunctions are not very numerous ; most of them merely reflect obsolete usage , and ...
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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