Description
Product ID: | 9780717190201 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | IE |
Title: | A Dictionary of Hiberno English |
Authors: | Author: Terence Patrick Dolan |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Dictionaries, Dictionaries, Dialect, slang and jargon, Dialect, slang & jargon, Ireland, English |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A unique and scholarly reference book on Hiberno-English – the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland, with a new introduction by Blindboy Boatclub. The Dictionary of Hiberno-English is the leading reference book on Hiberno-English – the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland. It connects the spoken and the written language, and is a unique national dictionary that bears witness to Irish history, struggles and the creative identities found in Ireland. Reflecting the social, political, religious and financial changes of people’s ever-evolving lives, it contains words and expressions not usually seen in a dictionary, such as ‘kibosh’, ‘smithereens’, ‘Peggy’s Leg’, ‘hames’, ‘yoke’, ‘blaa’, ‘banjax’ and ‘lubán’. It is a celebration of an irrepressible gift for the creative, expressive and reckless manipulation of the English language!
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Imprint Name: | Gill Books |
Publisher Name: | Gill |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-04 |