Sociolinguistics in Ireland

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Language and Society in Contemporary Ireland

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. English in Ireland: Development and Varieties

      • Raymond Hickey

      Pages 3-40

   3. The Irish Language in Present-day Ireland

      • Brian Ó Catháin

      Pages 41-59

   4. The Irish Language and the Media

      • Iarfhlaith Watson

      Pages 60-80

   5. Irish-English Code-switching: a Sociolinguistic Perspective

      • Siobhán Ní Laoire

      Pages 81-106

   6. The Sociolinguistics of Language Use in Ireland

      • Anne Barron, Irina Pandarova

      Pages 107-130

3. Language and Society in Irish History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Language Relations in Early Ireland

      • Patricia Ronan

      Pages 133-153

   3. From Early Modern Ireland to the Great Famine

      • Liam Mac Mathúna

      Pages 154-175

   4. Language Shift and Language Revival in Ireland

      • Regina Uí Chollatáin

      Pages 176-197

   5. Language, Politics and Identity in Ireland: a Historical Overview

      • Tony Crowley

      Pages 198-217

   6. Emigrant Letters: Exploring the ‘Grammar of the Conquered’

      • Kevin McCafferty

      Pages 218-243

   7. Society, Language and Irish Emigration

      • Raymond Hickey

      Pages 244-265

4. Sociolinguistic Interfaces

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. Second-language Acquisition of Irish and the Role of Reading

      • Tina Hickey, Nancy Stenson

      Pages 269-298

   3. The Language of Irish Writing in English

      • Carolina P. Amador-Moreno

      Pages 299-319

   4. Irish Society as Portrayed in Irish Films

      • Shane Walshe

      Pages 320-343

   5. Translation and Society in Ireland, 1900-Present

      • Kathleen Shields

      Pages 344-364

   6. Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora

      • Elaine Vaughan, Brian Clancy

      Pages 365-388

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.

• identity
• linguistics
• migration
• politics
• sociolinguistics

“The book may be useful for undergraduate classes focused on sociolinguistics more generally, but is certainly of high value to more advanced scholarship on the specific matter of the study of languages in Ireland. … This volume presents a wide variety of methods and theoretical perspectives and ranges in scale from a close scrutiny of phonetic changes to broad historical trends … . This diversity of approaches introduces both breadth and depth to its intended topic with great efficacy.” (Josh Cannon, Language in Society, Vol. 47 (4), June, 2018)​

• University of Duisberg and Essen, Germany

  Raymond Hickey

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.

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