An Analysis of Hiberno-English in the Early Novels of Patrick MacGill: Bilingualism and Language Shift from Irish to English in County Donegal.0773458085 An analysis of Hiberno-English in the early novels of Patrick MacGill Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889–November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a "navvy" (itinerant labourer) before he began writing. Patrick was born in Glenties, County Donegal. ; bilingualism and language shift from Irish to English in County Donegal
County Donegal (Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the province of Ulster that does not form part of Northern Ireland. . Moreno, Carolina P. Amador. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2006 350 pages $119.95 Hardcover PR6025 Moreno (English, U. of Extremadura, Spain) offers a detailed analysis of the grammar, syntax, and lexicon of two early novels by the Donegal writer, Patrick MacGill--Children of the Dead End and The Rat Pit an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. See also: Rat . The text is the first study to apply the tools of linguistic analysis to MacGill's work. The author finds that there was a great deal of contact between the Irish and English languages in the area where MacGill grew up, which influenced the vocabulary and discourse structure of the two novels. For scholars interested in Irish English Irish English n. English as spoken by the Irish. Also called Anglo-Irish, Hiberno-English, Irish. , languages in contact, and Irish literature Irish literature: see Gaelic literature. in English. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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