The Grammar of Irish English: Language in Hibernian Style

Markku Filppula

The Grammar of Irish English: Language in Hibernian Style

This book offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Irish English, also known as "Hiberno-English." It examines Hiberno-English dialects past and present and their distinctive grammatical features. Special attention is paid to similarities between Hiberno-English and the other Celtic-influenced varieties of English spoken in Scotland and Wales.

Book 5 of the Routledge/ESA Studies in Germanic Linguistics series



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