The Pragmatics of Irish English

Main description: Irish English, while having been the focus of investigations on a variety of linguistic levels,has not often been researched on the pragmatic level. In the present volume, this imbalance is addressed by providing much-needed empirical data on language use in Ireland in the private,...

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Main Author: Barron, Anne
Other Authors: Schneider, Klaus P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
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520 |a Main description: Irish English, while having been the focus of investigations on a variety of linguistic levels,has not often been researched on the pragmatic level. In the present volume, this imbalance is addressed by providing much-needed empirical data on language use in Ireland in the private, official and public spheres and also by examining the use of Irish English as a reflection of socio-cultural norms of interaction. The contributions cover a wide range of pragmatic phenomena and draw on a number of frameworks of analysis. Despite the wide scope of topics and methodologies, a relatively coherent picture of conventions of language use in Ireland emerges. Indirectness and heterogeneity on the formal level are, for instance, shown to be features of Irish English. 
520 |a Review text: "This is in many ways a very praiseworthy attempt to redress a gap in descriptions of Irish English."Goodith White in: Multilingua 1/2007 
520 |a Biographical note: Anne Barron is AssistantProfessor at the English Department at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany. Klaus P. Schneider is Professor at the English Department at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany.