The Oxford Handbook of Irish English

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the range of varieties of English spoken on the island of Ireland, featuring information on their historical background, structural features, and sociolinguistic considerations. The first part of the volume explores English and Irish in their historical framework as well as current issues of contact and bilingualism. Chapters in Part II and Part III investigate the structures and use of Irish English today, from pronunciation and grammar to discourse-pragmatic markers and politeness strategies, alongside studies of specific varieties such as Urban English in Northern Ireland and the Irish English spoken in Dublin, Galway, and Cork. Part IV focuses on the Irish diaspora, with chapters covering topics including Newfoundland Irish English and Irish influence on Australian English, while the final part looks at the wider context, such as the language of Irish Travellers and Irish Sign Language. The handbook also features a detailed glossary of key terms, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in varieties of English, Irish studies, sociolinguistics, and social and cultural history.

1 - Irish English in today's world
2 - Language in Early Ireland
3 - The history of English in Ireland, 1200-1800
4 - Irish English in the nineteenth century
5 - Irish-English bilingualism
6 - Contact between Irish and English
7 - The pronunciation of English in Ireland
8 - The grammar of Irish English
9 - The vocabulary of Irish English
10 - Mid-Ulster English and Ulster Scots
11 - Urban English in Northern Ireland
12 - Irish English corpus linguistics
13 - Irish English in advertising
14 - Irish English in the media
15 - Emigrant letters from Ireland
16 - Dublin English and third wave sociolinguistics
17 - Irish English in Galway city
18 - Irish English in Cork city
19 - Irish English and variational pragmatics
20 - Discourse-pragmatic markers in Irish English
21 - Politeness strategies in Irish English
22 - The language of Irish literature in English
23 - The spread of Irish English
24 - From Ireland to Newfoundland
25 - Irish influence on Australian English
26 - The language of nineteenth-century immigrants to New Zealand
27 - Perceptions of Irish English
28 - Acquisition of Irish English
29 - Language and Irish Travellers
30 - Irish Sign Language: Ireland's third language

Raymond Hickey is Adjunct Professor at the University of Limerick and former Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His research centres around varieties of English, especially Irish English, eighteenth-century English, and issues of standardization of English, language contact, and areal linguistics, as well as sociolinguistic variation and change. Among his recent book publications are The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics (CUP, 2017), English in Multilingual South Africa (CUP, 2020), and The Handbook of Language Contact (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020).