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the more important churchmen , and of the growing class of merchants ; English was the language of most of the tenants of the great lords ; Irish remained the language of the vast majority of the population . Norman French soon began to ...
the more important churchmen , and of the growing class of merchants ; English was the language of most of the tenants of the great lords ; Irish remained the language of the vast majority of the population . Norman French soon began to ...
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Subsequently , however , the English language underwent some revival ; yet it remained so distinguished by the archaic character found also in Forth and Bargy , and by the survival of extensive Irish influence , that it could 42.
Subsequently , however , the English language underwent some revival ; yet it remained so distinguished by the archaic character found also in Forth and Bargy , and by the survival of extensive Irish influence , that it could 42.
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The short vowels in general remained ; in Irish , however , the five short vowel phonemes were reduced to three at some date not easily established , but probably towards the end of the seventeenth century , and therefore too late to ...
The short vowels in general remained ; in Irish , however , the five short vowel phonemes were reduced to three at some date not easily established , but probably towards the end of the seventeenth century , and therefore too late to ...
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Contents
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS I Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 31 |
Sir John Oldcastle 15991600 | 33 |
Copyright | |
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appears bilingual called Captain century common consonant construction dear dialect doubt Dublin early effect England English Enter evidence expected fact final Fingallian front Gaelic give hand Hiberno-English Hudibras indicate influence instances Ireland Irish Irishman John kind King known language later Letter look Lord Manx meaning Middle never non-standard normal occurs origin palatal Patrick perhaps period phrase play possible present printed probably pronunciation reason recorded reference reflect remained replaced represent rhyme scene seems seventeenth shelf short similar sounds speak speakers speech spelling Standard Standard English stress suggest sweet taken Teague tell texts Thomas thou usage verb viii vowel words writing written xvii xviii xxiv xxvii
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| Title | Spoken English in Ireland, 1600-1740: Twenty-seven Representative Texts Volume 5 of Dolmen texts Volume 9 of Irish writings from the age of Swift |
| Author | Alan Bliss |
| Editor | Alan Bliss |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dolmen Press, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0391011197, 9780391011199 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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