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Irish English, also termed 'Anglo-Irish' or 'Hiberno-English', as in this book, is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku Filppula here challenges this misconception and offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Hiberno-English. Drawing on a wide range of authentic materials documenting Hiberno-English dialects past and present Filppula examines: * the most distinctive grammatical features of these dialects * relationships with earlier and other regional varieties of English * the continuing influence of the Irish lan
Sociolinguistics --- Irish language --- English language --- Dialectology --- Languages in contact --- Dialects --- Foreign elements --- Irish. --- Grammar. --- Style. --- Influence on English. --- Grammar --- Style --- Ireland --- Irish --- Influence on English --- Areal linguistics --- Germanic languages --- Erse language --- Gaelic language, Irish --- Irish Gaelic language --- Goidelic languages
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Nonstandard varieties of languages have recently become an object of new interest in scholarly research. This is very much due to the advances in the methods used in data collection and analysis, as well as the emergence of new language-theoretical frameworks. The articles in this volume stem from the 11th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (Methods XI, August 2002, Joensuu). The theme for this conference was "Dialects across borders". The selection of contributions included in this volume demonstrates how various kinds of borders exert major influence on linguistic behaviour all over the world. The articles have been grouped according to whether they deal primarily with the linguistic outcomes of political and historical borders between states (Part I); various kinds of social and regional boundaries, including borders in a metaphorical sense, i.e. social barriers and mental or cognitive boundaries (Part II); and finally, boundaries between languages (Part III).
Dialectology --- Methodology --- Dialectologie --- Congresses. --- Méthodologie --- Congrès --- Dialectology. --- Dialects --- Language and languages
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This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature of English in the modern world.
English language --- E-books --- Globalization. --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- English. --- Lingua Franca Use. --- Second-Language Acquisition.
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This collection of essays focuses on current approaches to variation and change in historical English grammar and lexicon. Of the twelve papers in the collection, half are based on grammar and syntax, half on lexical developments. The volume highlights the contributions that strong empirical research can make to our knowledge of the development of English grammar, especially as realized in lexical development. In illustration of contemporary research trends, the articles in the collection make strong use of extralinguistic factors to discuss language change as well as argue for internal and structural development. The authors are drawn from nine different countries, and each article is followed by a commentary and response that provide actual dialogue about the issues in the field, thus representing world-wide discussion of issues in the history of English. The essays recognize the different audiences for historical variation and change - formal linguists, sociolinguists, and lexicographers - and specifically address the interests and discourse in those areas. The volume shows how historical studies of English are increasingly engaged with contemporary trends in linguistics, at the same time as demonstrating how empirical and other methods can bring classical philology fully into the sphere of contemporary linguistics without abandoning its traditional concerns.
English language --- History. --- Grammar, Historical. --- Grammar, Historical --- History --- Germanic languages --- English/ Language. --- Historical Linguistics.
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English language --- Grammar, Generative. --- Discourse analysis. --- Generative grammar --- Discourse analysis --- Grammar, Generative --- English language - Grammar, Generative. --- Germanic languages
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Historical linguistics --- English language --- English language -- Etymology. --- English language -- History. --- Historical linguistics. --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Language --- History --- Diachronic linguistics --- Dynamic linguistics --- Evolutionary linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and history --- Linguistics --- History. --- Etymology --- Word history --- Germanic languages --- English language - History --- English Linguistics. --- Language History.
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