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A dictionary of Hiberno-English : the Irish use of English (2nd ed)

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Drawing on the resources of a recently-established Hiberno-English website hosted by UCD, this new edition of "A Dictionary of Hiberno-English" has been extensively revised and updated.

Tom Paulin, "The Guardian" - "Terry Dolan's "A Dictionary of Hiberno-English"...is a pioneering work of scholarship, which ascertains the nature of English as it is spoken and written in Ireland.

I see it as one of the foundation stones of a new civic culture in the island." Owen Kelly, "Irish News" - "...Professor Dolan's excellent dictionary, where you find such gems as "hallion" and "at the heel of the hunt" sitting comfortably with the Irish and English origins of much of our speech, is a significant contribution."

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Product Details
Gill Books
0717140393 / 9780717140398
Paperback
01/01/2006
Ireland
English
xxix, 277 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. This ed. originally published: 2004.