Sociolinguistics in Ireland

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.

The book may be useful for undergraduate classes focused on sociolinguistics more generally, but is certainly of high value to more advanced scholarship on the specific matter of the study of languages in Ireland. This volume presents a wide variety of methods and theoretical perspectives and ranges in scale from a close scrutiny of phonetic changes to broad historical trends . This diversity of approaches introduces both breadth and depth to its intended topic with great efficacy. (Josh Cannon, Language in Society, Vol. 47 (4), June, 2018)

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Raymond Hickey studied at Trinity College, Dublin and in Kiel, Germany. He has held professorial appointments at four German universities. His main research interests are sociolinguistics, varieties of English, eighteenth century English, the Irish language alongside general questions of language contact and change on which he has published widely.

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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 Ó Catháin
3. The Irish Language and the Media; Iarfhlaith Watson
4. Irish-English Code-switching: a Sociolinguistic Perspective; Siobhán Ní 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 Mathúna
8. Language Shift and Language Revival in Ireland; Regina Uí Chollatáin
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 Roleof 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