Researching the Languages of Ireland



Edited by Raymond Hickey
January 2012
Uppsala University Press
Distributed by
ISBN: 9789155481285
351 pages, Illustrated
$87.50 Paper original

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Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Languages of Ireland. An Integrated View

 

Irish:

The Designation of Old Irish as a 'Celtic' Language

Earthquakes and their Resonances

Early Language Acquisition in the Celtic Languages

Latin and Latin Learning in Fifteenth-Century Ireland

More on the Origin of Irish and Welsh Continuous Periphrasis

On 'Phrasal Verbs' in Modern Irish

Gender in Modern Irish

 

English:

The 'Art of Making the Best Use of Bad Data'

Echoes of Irish in the English of Southwest Tyrone

English Grammar, Celtic Revenge?

It-Clefts in Irish English

The Cultural Context pf ICE-Ireland

Ulster Scots in Present-day Ireland

 

Glossary
Timelines
Subject Index
Name Index
Language Index

Studia Celtica Upsaliensia No. 8

 

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