About this Book

Part I. A framework for Irish English1: Raymond Hickey: Irish English in today's world2: Patricia Ronan: Language in Early Ireland3: Raymond Hickey: The history of English in Ireland, 1200-18004: Marije van Hattum: Irish English in the nineteenth century5: Liam Mac Mathúna: Irish-English bilingualism6: Raymond Hickey: Contact between Irish and EnglishPart II. Investigating Irish English7: Raymond Hickey: The pronunciation of English in Ireland8: Markku Filppula: The grammar of Irish English9: John Kirk: The vocabulary of Irish English10: Warren Maguire: Mid-Ulster English and Ulster Scots11: Raymond Hickey: Urban English in Northern Ireland12: Anne O'Keeffe: Irish English corpus linguistics13: Joan O'Sullivan: Irish English in advertising14: Shane Walshe: Irish English in the media15: Kevin McCafferty and Carolina P. Amador-Moreno: Emigrant letters from IrelandPart III. Irish English in use16: Marion Schulte: Dublin English and third wave sociolinguistics17: Arne Peters: Irish English in Galway city18: Nicola J. Bessell: Irish English in Cork city19: Anne Barron: Irish English and variational pragmatics20: Carolina P. Amador-Moreno: Discourse-pragmatic markers in Irish English21: Elaine Vaughan: Politeness strategies in Irish English22: Raymond Hickey: The language of Irish literature in EnglishPart IV. Language and the Irish diaspora23: Raymond Hickey: The spread of Irish English24: Sandra Clarke: From Ireland to Newfoundland25: Simon Musgrave and Kate Burridge: Irish influence on Australian English26: Dania Bonness: The language of nineteenth-century immigrants to New ZealandPart V. The wider context27: Stephen Lucek: Perceptions of Irish English28: Chloé Diskin-Holdaway: Acquisition of Irish English29: Brian Clancy: Language and Irish Travellers30: Susanne Mohr and Lorraine Leeson: Irish Sign Language: Ireland's third languageGlossary.