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THE GRAMMAR OF

IRISH ENGLISH

Irish English, also termed ‘Anglo-Irish’ or ‘Hiberno-English’, as in this book,

is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku

Filppula here challenges this misconception and offers a descriptive and contact-

linguistic account of the grammar of Hiberno-English.

Drawing on a wide range of authentic materials documenting Hiberno-

English dialects past and present Filppula examines:

• the most distinctive grammatical features of these dialects

• relationships with earlier and other regional varieties of English

• the continuing influence of the Irish language on Hiberno-English

• similarities between Hiberno-English and other Celtic-influenced varieties

of English spoken in Scotland and Wales

The Grammar of Irish English is a comprehensive empirical study which will be

an essential reference for scholars of Hiberno-English and of value to all

those working in the field of Germanic linguistics.

Markku Filppula is Professor of English at the University of Joensuu and

Docent in English Philology at the University of Helsinki. He was awarded

his PhD by the National University of Ireland in 1986 and has gone on to

publish widely on Hiberno-English and language contacts.

ROUTLEDGE/ESA STUDIES IN

GERMANIC LINGUISTICS

Series editors: Ekkehard König and Johan van der Auwera

1 NEGATIVE CONTEXTS

Collocation, polarity and multiple negation

Ton van der Wouden

2 WHEN-CLAUSES AND TEMPORAL STRUCTURE

Renaat Declerck

3 ON THE MEANING OF TOPIC AND FOCUS

The 59th street bridge accent

Daniel Büring

4 ASPECTUAL GRAMMAR AND PAST-TIME REFERENCE

Laura A.Michaelis

5 THE GRAMMAR OF IRISH ENGLISH

Language in Hibernian style

Markku Filppula

THE GRAMMAR OF

IRISH ENGLISH

Language in Hibernian style

Markku Filppula

London and New York

First published 1999 by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical,

or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including

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retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Filppula, Markku.

The grammar of Irish English: language in Hibernian style/

Markku Filppula.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309) and index.

ISBN 0-415-14524-4 (hb: alk. paper)

1. English language—Ireland—Grammar. 2. English

language—Foreign elements—Irish. 3. Irish language—

Influence on English 4. English language—Dialects—

Ireland. 5. English Language—Ireland—Style. 6. Languages in

contact—Ireland. I. Title.

PE2404.F53 1999

427

.9417—dc21

98–49196

CIP

ISBN 0-415-14524-4

ISBN 0-203-02938-0 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-17362-7 (Glassbook Format)

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