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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Language and Society in Contemporary Ireland
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Language and Society in Irish History
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About this book
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.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sociolinguistics in Ireland
Editors: Raymond Hickey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137453471
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45346-4Published: 03 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45347-1Published: 12 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 424
Topics: Language Change, Sociolinguistics, Social History, History of Britain and Ireland, Historical Linguistics, Sociology, general