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Detailed list of themes

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  Overview information

Introduction
Terminology
Dialect divisions
Irish English phonology
Overview of Dublin English

Profiling Dublin English

Glossary of terms


  Detailed list of themes

The history of Irish English


The phonology of Irish English


Lenition in Irish English


Profiling Dublin English


Sound shifts of the 1990s


Most Recent changes


The role of the media in the spread of change


General linguistic issues


Comparing Dublin English and other cities


The relevance of Irish English to variety studies





Change in the last 20 years
Sound shifts of the 1990s
Most recent changes



Views and opinions
Dialect perception
Misconceptions
Relevance of Irish English



Parallels and influences
British and American English
Dublin and London
English in Ulster
Belfast English
Derry English



Processes and issues
Lenition in Irish English
Hypercorrection (historical)
Hypercorrection (present-day)
Implicational scales
Gender issues
Supraregionalisation
Malapropisms
Dissociation
The edge and the centre
Diffusion and the media



Data collection
Recording Dublin English
Text passages
All sound files



Further websites
Irish English Resource Centre
Other websites by the author



References
Dublin English (book)
Dublin English (articles)
Sound Atlas of Irish English
Irish English (book)
Irish English (articles)
Source Book of Irish English
Other books on Irish English



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