Dublin English

Varieties of English Around the World #G35

by Raymond Hickey

The present book describes the English language in all its facets as spoken in present-day Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. It covers the entire range of its history since the first arrival of English there several hundred years ago. Apart from the evolution of English in the capital, the book also concentrates on the significant changes which have been taking place in the speech of Dublin in the past 15 years or so. The rapid change of Dublin English is seen as a correlate to the many social and economic developments which have occurred in recent years. The type of linguistic change in Dublin is driven by dissociation (the mirror-image of accommodation) and will be of particular interest to scholars working within the ‘language variation and change’ framework as it will to those more generally concerned with varieties of English and their specific profiles vis à vis more standard forms of English.

Genres: Linguistics

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Gwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting and useful book. The only downside was that my version did not have the CD ROM that goes with it, which would've made it perfect.