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Kelly, James, and Ciarán Mac Murchaidh (eds), Irish and English: essays on the Irish linguistic and cultural frontier, 1600–1900, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012.

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Irish and English: essays on the Irish linguistic and cultural frontier, 1600–1900
Place
Dublin
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Year
2012
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The transformation of Ireland from a predominantly Irish-speaking country to a primarily English-speaking country was the most profound social change to take place on the island between the seventeenth and the twentieth century. Yet the nature, manner and course of that transformation are less than clear. The object of this collection, is to provide a variety of perspectives on the moving linguistic frontier that obtained in Ireland in order better to understand the multiplicity of reasons for this linguistic shift, and to expand and deepen our appreciation of the manner in which it took place. The collection brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines, in order both to examine established aspects of this important question anew, and to offer new insights and vistas based on the most recent scholarship with the purpose of enhancing our understanding and awareness of the crucial language shift that prompted the displacement of Irish by English.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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