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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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Author: Samantha A. Meigs
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349257109
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Why was Ireland the only region in Europe which successfully rejected a state-imposed religion during the confessional era? This book argues that the anomalous outcome of the Reformations in Ireland was largely due to an unusual symbiosis between the Church and the old bardic order. Using sources ranging from Gaelic poetry to Jesuit correspondence, this study examines Irish religiosity in a European context, showing how the persistence of traditional culture enabled local elites to resist external pressures for reform.

Author: Jonathan Swift
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Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 724

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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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A journal of Irish studies.

Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027261881
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301

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The current volume presents a number of chapters which look at informal vernacular letters, written mostly by emigrants to the former colonies of Britain, who settled at these locations in the past few centuries, with a focus on letters from the nineteenth century. Such documents often show features for varieties of English which do not necessarily appear in later sources or which are not attested with the same range or in the same set of grammatical contexts. This has to do with the vernacular nature of the letters, i.e. they were written by speakers who had a lower level of education and whose speech, and hence their written form of language, does not appear to have been guided by considerations of standardness and conformity to external norms of language. Furthermore, the writers of the emigrant letters, examined in the current volume, were very unlikely to have known of, still less have used, manuals of letter writing. Emigrant letters thus provide a valuable source of data in tracing the possible development of features in varieties of English in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Author: Marilyn Francus
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Based on an understanding of Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) early language training, examines the linguistic questions his satires pose, emphasizing those that still confront linguists and writers. Shows the range of connections between his practical and theoretical approaches to linguistics and his constant tinkering with meaning through puns, jokes, metaphor, and the printed page itself. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1006

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Author: British Library
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 616

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Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 804

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