Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN IRELAND -- chapter 3 MAJOR ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF HIBERNO-ENGLISH -- chapter 4 DATABASES AND METHODS -- chapter 5 THE NOUN PHRASE -- chapter 6 THE VERB PHRASE -- chapter 7 QUESTIONS, RESPONSES, AND NEGATION -- chapter 8 THE COMPLEX SENTENCE -- chapter 9 PREPOSITIONAL USAGE -- chapter 10 FOCUSING DEVICES -- chapter 11 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index
