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Irish English

Irish English. Sociolinguistics: Varieties of English Class 5. Hiberno English. Southern Irish English (Anglo Irish) More similar to RP Northern Irish English (Ulster Scots/Scots Irish) - More similar to Scottish English Irish: Celtic language. History.

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Irish English

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  1. Irish English Sociolinguistics: Varieties of English Class 5

  2. Hiberno English • Southern Irish English (Anglo Irish) • More similar to RP • Northern Irish English (Ulster Scots/Scots Irish) - More similar to Scottish English • Irish: Celtic language

  3. History • 12th century: Anglo-Norman invasion under Henry II – assimilated into Irish culture • 16th century: influx of English and Scottish Protestant settlers, mainly in the North, they soon outnumbered the Irish • 1691 Battle of Boyne: victory of the Anglican/Protestants. Catholics excluded from civil rights

  4. History continued • 1801 United Kingdom was founded. English became dominant language. Famine 1846-1851, 2 million Irish emigrated • 1920 Ireland was divided. In the Republic of Ireland Irish became official language and was reintroduced at school

  5. Some Irish vocabulary • To wither • Throughother • To gunder • To boke • That‘s me away • To go to the messages

  6. Stress in IrEng • Edu‘cate • Adver‘tise • Dis‘cipline • Archi‘tecture • Or‘chestra

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