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Did Dublin's Ben Lang Ever Die?: On the revival of rhyming slang in modern Dublinese

  • Antonio Lillo
Published/Copyright: November 4, 2010
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From the journal Volume 55 Issue 1

Abstract

While much has been written on the linguistic and sociolinguistic features of rhyming slang, the literature on the subject remains remarkably silent on its socio-geographical distribution in Ireland. Building on the findings of an article published by the author in 2004, this new study moves the analysis on to consider the recent growth of rhyming slang in the language of the young generation living on the Southside of Dublin. More generally, this article seeks to demonstrate that, far from having disappeared from Dublin usage, this kind of slang is in fact gaining substantial ground in the speech of the capital.

Published Online: 2010-11-04
Published in Print: 2010-July
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