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Irish English is both the oldest overseas variety of English and, thanks to its co-existence with Irish Gaelic, one of the longest-documented examples of a contact-influenced language variety. The dual aspects of substratal influence and dialectal conservatism, together with the spread of this variety in the Irish diaspora and its use in literature, provide the main impetus for research into Irish English. This volume brings together 12 original papers which use a variety of methods to examine these aspects of English in Ireland. Following a historical introduction which looks critically at received views of language diffusion in Ireland, three papers directly address the role of the Irish-language substrate in Irish English. Detailed studies also describe non-standard syntax in Belfast, systems of dental and alveolar phonemic contrast, contemporary sound change in Galway, Irish English prosody, dialect wordlists, and the uses of Irish English, notably Ulster Scots, in contemporary literature. The North American perspective investigates the role of Irish English in Newfoundland, and examines a corpus of 18th-century documents which reflects the language brought to the United States in the early development of American English. The range of approaches and data included make this book relevant to all those interested in language contact, diffusion, change, and variation.

English language --- History. --- Variation --- Dialects --- Dialectology --- Ireland --- Germanic languages --- Languages. --- English language - Ireland - History. --- English language - Variation - Ireland. --- English language - Dialects - Ireland. --- History

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"British Library MS Harley 913 is known as the 'Kildare Manuscript' from the authorship of one of the poems by Friar Michael of Kildare. This important Anglo-Irish anthology of English, Anglo-Norman and Latin was compiled by a Franciscan, perhaps in Waterford in the 1330s. It is best known for two poems, often anthologized: 'The Land of Cockaygne,' a fantasy of a sexual and culinary paradise, and the mordant lullaby 'Lollai, lollai, litel child', but others are equally fine. The poems are presented here for the first time in their literary and cultural context. The collection offers the earliest evidence for the English language in Ireland, as well as texts dealing specifically with Irish affairs , the Franciscan order, and Goliardic satire. The English and Anglo-Norman poems are edited complete, with detailed annotation and glossaries, and full descriptions are given of the Latin texts. An appendix gives details of a seventeenth-century copy in BL MS lansdowne 418 of eleven of the texts, including five now lost from Harley 913."--

Old English literature --- English language --- English poetry --- Irish authors --- Franciscans --- British Library. --- English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Texts --- English poetry - Irish authors --- English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 --- English language - Ireland - Texts

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English language --- Irish language --- Etymology. --- Influence on English. --- 809.16 <038> --- Keltisch. Baskisch. Gaelic. Welsh. Iers. Bretoens--Vertaalwoordenboeken --- 809.16 <038> Keltisch. Baskisch. Gaelic. Welsh. Iers. Bretoens--Vertaalwoordenboeken --- English language - Ireland - Etymology. --- Irish language - Influence on English. --- Irish language - Dictionaries. --- ANGLAIS (LANGUE) --- Anglais (langue) --- IRLANDAIS (LANGUE) --- IRLANDE --- DICTIONNAIRES --- Variation