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I mbéal an bháis: the great famine & the language shift in nineteenth-century Ireland Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Famine folios / Niamh O'Sullivan, Grace BradyPublication details: Hamden, CT: Quinnipiac University Press, c2015.Description: 51 pages : illustrations (some colored), portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780990468677
  • 0990468674
Other title:
  • I mbéal an bháis
  • Great famine & the language shift in nineteenth-century Ireland
  • Great famine and the language shift in nineteenth-century Ireland
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.442 Ó T 23
LOC classification:
  • PB1214 .O88 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- Estimating the shift -- Explaining the shift -- Language & religious worship -- Pragmatism & power -- Against the tide -- Post-famine perspectives -- Survival/revival?
Summary: Perhaps the most fundamental cultural change in modern Irish history was the shift from Irish to English as the dominant vernacular of the people. While this change took place over an extended period of time, the demographic and social impact of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century was critical. This study examines closely the role of the Great Famine in the complex drama of linguistic transformation in modern Ireland. --Page [4] of cover.
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Books Books School of Celtic Studies Main Library Books 306.442 Ó T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available (Standard Loan) 32442

Series editors: Niamh O'Sullivan, Grace Brady

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-49).

Introduction -- Estimating the shift -- Explaining the shift -- Language & religious worship -- Pragmatism & power -- Against the tide -- Post-famine perspectives -- Survival/revival?

Perhaps the most fundamental cultural change in modern Irish history was the shift from Irish to English as the dominant vernacular of the people. While this change took place over an extended period of time, the demographic and social impact of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century was critical. This study examines closely the role of the Great Famine in the complex drama of linguistic transformation in modern Ireland. --Page [4] of cover.

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