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Page 192
... reflect a non - standard pronunciation : jeast is rhymed with beast , and some of the orthoepists record a long vowel in jest [ Dobson ( 1968 ) §8 ( 2 ) ] . Since such pronunciations are not specifically Hiberno - English , little is ...
... reflect a non - standard pronunciation : jeast is rhymed with beast , and some of the orthoepists record a long vowel in jest [ Dobson ( 1968 ) §8 ( 2 ) ] . Since such pronunciations are not specifically Hiberno - English , little is ...
Page 193
... reflect forms in which ME è was not lowered before / r / as in Standard English ; the spelling bear ' beer ' ( xxvi 13 ) reflects a form in which non - standard lowering took place ; the rhyme beares yeares ( xiii 33 ) implies one or ...
... reflect forms in which ME è was not lowered before / r / as in Standard English ; the spelling bear ' beer ' ( xxvi 13 ) reflects a form in which non - standard lowering took place ; the rhyme beares yeares ( xiii 33 ) implies one or ...
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... reflect the new English introduced by Cromwell . Nevertheless , Dublin may have played an important part in the development of Hiberno- English . It was the centre of government , and an important mercantile centre ; Irishmen from all ...
... reflect the new English introduced by Cromwell . Nevertheless , Dublin may have played an important part in the development of Hiberno- English . It was the centre of government , and an important mercantile centre ; Irishmen from all ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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Aphorismical Discovery back vowel bilingual speaker Bog-Witticisms Brave Irishman Brogue Captain consonant dear Joy Dermot Derry dialects diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin ejaculation England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels haue 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 medial Middle English 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 Standard English Stukeley Teague Teigue tell texts Thomas Thomas Stukeley thou Trooparr Ubique XII Ulster unvoicing usage verb viii Welsh Embassador write construction xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii