Green English: Ireland's Influence on the English LanguageO'Brien Press, 1999 - 159 páginas Although English has been spoken in Ireland for eight centuries and used creatively in literature for over six centuries, Irish speakers did not simply adopt English; they grafted it onto a Gaelic stem, making it capable of expressing an Irish culture and world view. This book explores the origins and development of English in Ireland; how emigrants, missionaries and writers have influenced English world-wide; how it is used; and how the loss of a mother tongue can affect a nation's psyche, and whether the loss has been accompanied by abundant recompense. |
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The Lore of the Land | 13 |
In the beginning was the focal | 25 |
Planter English | 43 |
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