Author: R. A. Stewart Macalister
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107671507
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Originally published in 1937, this highly influential book examines the 'secret' languages of Ireland, particularly the Shelta tongue spoken by Irish Travellers, and the various written and spoken forms of Ogham. An appendix at the back allows for the translation of certain English words into a variety of languages, such as Bog-Latin and Bēarlagair na Sāer. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ireland and the historical languages of its people.
The Secret Languages of Ireland
Author: R. A. Stewart Macalister
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107671507
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Originally published in 1937, this highly influential book examines the 'secret' languages of Ireland, particularly the Shelta tongue spoken by Irish Travellers, and the various written and spoken forms of Ogham. An appendix at the back allows for the translation of certain English words into a variety of languages, such as Bog-Latin and Bēarlagair na Sāer. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ireland and the historical languages of its people.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107671507
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Originally published in 1937, this highly influential book examines the 'secret' languages of Ireland, particularly the Shelta tongue spoken by Irish Travellers, and the various written and spoken forms of Ogham. An appendix at the back allows for the translation of certain English words into a variety of languages, such as Bog-Latin and Bēarlagair na Sāer. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ireland and the historical languages of its people.
The Secret Languages of Ireland, with Special Reference to the Origin and Nature of the Shelta Language, Partly Based Upon Collections and Manuscripts of the Late John Sampson
Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
Publisher:
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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The Secret Languages of Ireland
Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Secret Languages of Ireland
Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Secret Languages of Ireland
Author: Robert A. Stewart Macalister
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Secret Languages of Ireland
Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
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ISBN: 9789060222768
Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9789060222768
Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The Secret Languages of Ireland
Author: Kuno Meyer
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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How the Irish Invented Slang
Author: Daniel Cassidy
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 9781904859604
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grifters and con men, their secret language owing much to the Irish Gaelic imported with many thousands of immigrants. With chapters on How the Irish Invented Poker and How the Irish Invented Jazz, Cassidy stakes a claim for the Irishness of American English. Includes a preface by Peter Quinn and an Irish - American Vernacular Dictionary.
Publisher: AK Press
ISBN: 9781904859604
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grifters and con men, their secret language owing much to the Irish Gaelic imported with many thousands of immigrants. With chapters on How the Irish Invented Poker and How the Irish Invented Jazz, Cassidy stakes a claim for the Irishness of American English. Includes a preface by Peter Quinn and an Irish - American Vernacular Dictionary.
Irish Traveller Language
Author: Maria Rieder
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319767143
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This book explores the Irish Traveller community through an ethnographic and folk linguistic lens. It sheds new light on Irish Traveller language, commonly referred to as Gammon or Cant, an integral part of the community’s cultural heritage that has long been viewed as a form of secret code. The author addresses Travellers’ metalinguistic and ideological reflections on their language use, providing deep insights into the culture and values of community members, and into their perceived social reality in wider society. In doing so, she demonstrates that its interrelationship with other cultural elements means that the language is in a constant flux, and by analysing speakers’ experiences of language in action, provides a dynamic view of language use. The book takes the reader on a journey through oral history, language naming practices, ideologies of languageness and structure, descriptions of language use and contexts, negotiations of the ‘authentic’ Cant, and Cant as ‘identity’. Based on a two-year ethnographic fieldwork project in a Traveller Training Centre in the West of Ireland, this book will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, language in society, language ideology, folk linguistics, minority communities and languages, and cultural and linguistic anthropology.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319767143
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This book explores the Irish Traveller community through an ethnographic and folk linguistic lens. It sheds new light on Irish Traveller language, commonly referred to as Gammon or Cant, an integral part of the community’s cultural heritage that has long been viewed as a form of secret code. The author addresses Travellers’ metalinguistic and ideological reflections on their language use, providing deep insights into the culture and values of community members, and into their perceived social reality in wider society. In doing so, she demonstrates that its interrelationship with other cultural elements means that the language is in a constant flux, and by analysing speakers’ experiences of language in action, provides a dynamic view of language use. The book takes the reader on a journey through oral history, language naming practices, ideologies of languageness and structure, descriptions of language use and contexts, negotiations of the ‘authentic’ Cant, and Cant as ‘identity’. Based on a two-year ethnographic fieldwork project in a Traveller Training Centre in the West of Ireland, this book will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, language in society, language ideology, folk linguistics, minority communities and languages, and cultural and linguistic anthropology.
Language in the British Isles
Author: Peter Trudgill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521240574
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521240574
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description