6 Pragmatic markers in Ulster Irish and Irish English
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Dónall Ó. Baoill
Abstract
The main research question pursued in this paper is to what extent the use of certain pragmatic markers (PMs) in Ulster Irish (UIr) parallel or reflect similar usages found in many dialects of Irish English and how we can account for such parallelism where it exists. In order to achieve this, the current study focuses on a select number of two PMs from both IrE and Ulster Irish (UIr). We review the IrE usage of sure and now as discussed in recent publications and further engage with the theoretical and research questions raised in the published literature. The various usages associated with the corresponding PMs in Irish will be exemplified by data from the Modern Irish dialect of North West Donegal. This should allow for clear comparisons between the theoretical background of the IrE PMs and the Irish corpus data. The results from this short investigation point to quite a number of parallelisms between the PM usages in IrE and UIr.
Abstract
The main research question pursued in this paper is to what extent the use of certain pragmatic markers (PMs) in Ulster Irish (UIr) parallel or reflect similar usages found in many dialects of Irish English and how we can account for such parallelism where it exists. In order to achieve this, the current study focuses on a select number of two PMs from both IrE and Ulster Irish (UIr). We review the IrE usage of sure and now as discussed in recent publications and further engage with the theoretical and research questions raised in the published literature. The various usages associated with the corresponding PMs in Irish will be exemplified by data from the Modern Irish dialect of North West Donegal. This should allow for clear comparisons between the theoretical background of the IrE PMs and the Irish corpus data. The results from this short investigation point to quite a number of parallelisms between the PM usages in IrE and UIr.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1 An introduction to sociopragmatic variation 1
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Part 1: Investigating sociolinguistic variables
- 2 The sociopragmatics of now in corpora of Irish English and Scottish English 11
- 3 Lookit – the story of a pragmatic marker in Irish English 31
- 4 ‘Er, yeah, no, bummer’: An exploration of the ‘new’ discourse pragmatic marker Yeah, No in contemporary Irish English fiction 45
- 5 New speakers of Irish English: Pragmatic and sociophonetic perspectives 69
- 6 Pragmatic markers in Ulster Irish and Irish English 87
- 7 Boring much? Semantic determinants of constructional attraction in Irish English 107
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Part 2: Metapragmatic structures: Identities, styles, and media
- 8 ‘Oh wait and I tell you . . .’: Narratives, pragmatics, and style in ICE-Ireland 133
- 9 Irish identities in a fictional TV series: Mediatised performance of Derry English in Derry Girls 155
- 10 Salutation and leavetaking formulae in 18th-century varieties of English 173
- 11 Automatically detecting directives with SPICE Ireland 205
- 12 Concluding remarks and future directions in studies on sociopragmatic variation 235
- Index 241
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1 An introduction to sociopragmatic variation 1
-
Part 1: Investigating sociolinguistic variables
- 2 The sociopragmatics of now in corpora of Irish English and Scottish English 11
- 3 Lookit – the story of a pragmatic marker in Irish English 31
- 4 ‘Er, yeah, no, bummer’: An exploration of the ‘new’ discourse pragmatic marker Yeah, No in contemporary Irish English fiction 45
- 5 New speakers of Irish English: Pragmatic and sociophonetic perspectives 69
- 6 Pragmatic markers in Ulster Irish and Irish English 87
- 7 Boring much? Semantic determinants of constructional attraction in Irish English 107
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Part 2: Metapragmatic structures: Identities, styles, and media
- 8 ‘Oh wait and I tell you . . .’: Narratives, pragmatics, and style in ICE-Ireland 133
- 9 Irish identities in a fictional TV series: Mediatised performance of Derry English in Derry Girls 155
- 10 Salutation and leavetaking formulae in 18th-century varieties of English 173
- 11 Automatically detecting directives with SPICE Ireland 205
- 12 Concluding remarks and future directions in studies on sociopragmatic variation 235
- Index 241
