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- Title
Encapsulating Irish English in literature.
- Authors
AMADOR ‐ MORENO, CAROLINA P.; TERRAZAS ‐ CALERO, ANA MARÍA
- Abstract
ABSTRACT This article examines the representation of Irish English in contemporary Irish writing, with particular reference to the narrative of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly saga, a series of comic novels created by Irish writer Paul Howard which has enjoyed phenomenal success in Ireland, due in part to the author's ability to convey contemporary spoken English in Dublin. Our study consists of a corpus analysis of three of his novels, where we are able to describe a number of key stylistic features which are distinctive of Howard's representation of Irish English, including the variable use of such discourse markers as like, roysh and yeah + no, as well as the use of the intensifying so.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language in literature; VARIATION in language; O'CARROLL-Kelly, Ross (Fictional character); HOWARD, Paul; SPOKEN English; ENGLISH language; ORAL communication in literature
- Publication
World Englishes, 2017, Vol 36, Issue 2, p254
- ISSN
0883-2919
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/weng.12257