A SOURCE BOOK FOR IRISH ENGLISH -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- I An historical outline -- 1 Matters of terminology -- 2 External history of Irish English -- 2.1 Initial settlement -- 2.1.1 Spread of English -- 2.1.2 The linguistic situation in medieval Ireland -- 2.2 Renewed dominance of English -- 2.2.1 Transplantation and transportation -- 2.3 The eighteenth century -- 2.3.1 Hedge schools -- 2.3.2 The ascendancy -- 2.4 The nineteenth century -- 3 English in the north of Ireland -- 3.1 Emigration from Ulster
4 Documents for the first period -- 4.1 Medieval period -- 4.2 Manuscripts of the medieval period -- 4.2.1 English texts -- 4.2.2 Anglo-Norman (French) texts -- 5 Forth and Bargy -- 5.1 Documents -- 5.2 Link with medieval Irish English -- Notes -- II Research themes -- 1. Approaching the field -- 2. The history of Irish English -- 3. Retention versus contact -- 4. Present-day developments -- 5. Linguistic levels -- 6. Varieties of Irish English -- 7. Irish English as non-standard English -- 8. Relationships abroad -- 1 Approaching the field -- 2 The history of Irish English
3 Retention versus contact -- 4 Present-day developments -- 5 Linguistic levels -- 6 Varieties of Irish English -- 7 Irish English as non-standard English -- 8 Relationships abroad -- References -- III Annotated bibliography -- III Annotated bibliography -- 1 English in Ireland -- 1.1 A first orientation -- 1.1.1 Questions of nomenclature -- 1.1.2 Bibliographies of Irish English -- 1.1.3 Linguistic surveys of Irish English -- 1.2 Overviews and general works -- 1.2.1 Overviews of Irish English -- 1.2.2 Works with remarks on Irish English -- 1.3 Regional and sociolinguistic studies
1.3.1 Regional studies of Irish English -- 1.3.2 The language of Dublin -- 1.3.3 Sociolinguistic treatments -- 1.4 The historical dimension -- 1.4.1 Medieval Irish English -- 1.4.2 The dialect of Forth and Bargy -- 1.4.3 The early modern period -- 1.4.3.1 Thomas Sheridan -- 1.4.4 The nineteenth century -- 1.5 Contact and borrowing -- 1.5.1 Contact between Irish and English -- 1.5.2 The influence of Irish (and Celtic) on English -- 1.5.3 The influence of English on Irish -- 1.6 Linguistic levels -- 1.6.1 The phonology of Irish English -- 1.6.2 The morphology of Irish English
1.6.3 Syntax of Irish English -- 1.6.4 Tense, mood and aspect -- 1.6.5 The lexicon of Irish English -- 1.7 The language of literature -- 1.7.1 General works -- 7.7.2 Works on 'Stage Irish' -- 1.7.3 The term 'Brogue' -- 1.8 The language of individual authors -- 1.8.1 Swift -- 1.8.2 Synge -- 1.8.3 O'Casey -- 1.8.4 Joyce -- 1.9 Non-linguistic studies -- 1.10 The North of Ireland -- 1.10.1 The history of English in Ulster -- 1.10.2 Ulster Scots English -- 1.10.3 General studies -- 1.10.4 Individual descriptions -- 1.10.5 Sociolinguistic studies -- 1.10.6 The language of Belfast
Summary
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-420) and index