Essays about: "Irish English."

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  1. 6. Swedish compulsory school students’ attitudes toward English accents: Exploring how familiarity affects our language attitudes

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Leonardo Hansson; [2020]
    Keywords : English accents; language attitudes; Swedish compulsory school; Received Pronunciation; General American; Australian English; Irish English.;

    Abstract : This study will explore to what extent familiarity with English accents can influence compulsory school students’ attitudes towards them. Data from questionnaires completed by 98 students were analysed. The results show that the degree of familiarity with the English accent seems to affect the attitude attributed to it. READ MORE

  3. 7. Brexit and the Border - A critical discourse analysis of the European Research Group’s position on the Irish border issue

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexander Tandberg; [2020]
    Keywords : brexit; irish; border; populism; nationalism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how the discourse of the Eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG) relating to the Irish border issue in the Brexit negotiations is constructed. The purpose is to analyse an English nationalist and populist discourse which seemingly does not make sense. READ MORE

  4. 8. Automatic phonological transcription using forced alignment : FAVE toolkit performance on four non-standard varieties of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Sella; [2018]
    Keywords : Forced alignment; FAVE; phonological transcriptions; English varieties; sociophonetics; speech recognition; phonological annotation; speech data;

    Abstract : Forced alignment, a speech recognition software performing semi-automatic phonological transcription, constitutes a methodological revolution in the recent history of linguistic research. Its use is progressively becoming the norm in research fields such as sociophonetics, but its general performance and range of applications have been relatively understudied. READ MORE

  5. 9. Irish loanwords in English varieties

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Emma Fristedt; [2015]
    Keywords : Irish loanwords; English varieties; Collocations; Word use; Language contact;

    Abstract : This essay will discuss and research the width and frequency of Irish loanwords in contemporary English varieties. The meanings, uses, differences, similarities and collocations of selected words will be discussed and analyzed in order to find answers to the research questions asked. READ MORE

  6. 10. ’she bes delighted with herself’ : Habitual marking in Irish English

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Hugh Curtis; [2014]
    Keywords : Irish-English; habitual aspect; corpus studies; Twitter; Irish English; Engelska; Irland; Irländsk-engelska; korpusstudier.;

    Abstract : The habitual aspect has been a feature of Irish English for centuries. How it has evolved may have had a lot to do with contact between Standard English and the Celtic language, Irish, spoken in Ireland. READ MORE