Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Sociolinguistics in Ireland takes a fresh look at the interface of language and society in present-day Ireland. In a series of specially commissioned chapters it examines the relationship of the Irish and English languages and traces their dynamic development both in history and at present. A range of topical issues are dealt with such as language and the media as well as the most recent sociolinguistic developments in Ireland. The historical section tells the story of emigration from Ireland to overseas locations and shows how Irish and English interacted through the centuries and how attempts at reviving Irish have coloured Irish politics and education in the past century or so. The contemporary section deals with matters such as language use in present-day Ireland, code-switching between Irish and English, the study of Irish English using modern technology and its prevalence in films produced in Ireland.
Synopsis
PART I: LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY IRELAND
1. English in Ireland: Development and Varieties; Raymond Hickey
2. The Irish Language in Present-day Ireland; Brian Cath in
3. The Irish Language and the Media; Iarfhlaith Watson
4. Irish-English Code-switching: a Sociolinguistic Perspective; Siobh n N Laoire
5. The Sociolinguistics of Language Use in Ireland; Anne Barron and Irina Pandarova
PART II: LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY IN IRISH HISTORY
6. Language Relations in Early Ireland; Patricia Ronan
7. From Early Modern Ireland to the Great Famine; Liam Mac Math na
8. Language Shift and Language Revival in Ireland; Regina U Chollat in
9. Language, Politics and Identity in Ireland: A historical Overview; Tony Crowley
10. Emigrant Letters: Exploring the 'Grammar of the Conquered'; Kevin McCafferty
11. Society, Language and Irish Emigration; Raymond Hickey
PART III: SOCIOLINGUISTIC INTERFACES
12. Second Language Acquisition of Irish and the Role of Reading; Tina Hickey and Nancy Stenson
13. The Language of Irish Writing in English; Carolina Amador-Moreno
14. Irish Society as Portrayed in Irish Films; Shane Walshe
15. Translation and Society in Ireland 1900-present; Kathleen Shields
16. Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora; Elaine Vaughan and Brian Clancy