1. THE INFLUENCE OF IRISH LANGUAGE ON THE USE OF ENGLISH IN IRELANDSaša Puntar, 2013, diplomsko delo Opis: This thesis discusses the influence of Irish language on the use of English language in Ireland. It reveals how the Irish speak, how much Irish English vocabulary they understand, how much of it they use and in what circumstances. Irish language is greatly reflected in English language spoken in Ireland and Irish English adopted linguistic, phonological and stylistic features of both Irish and English language. The thesis consists of a theoretical and empirical part. The first part discusses several aspects of Irish English such as history, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. The latter part consists of a questionnaire analysis and the interpretation of the results. The purpose of the empirical part was to explore to what extent, where and how often Irish people use Irish English words in everyday communication. The results confirmed my hypotheses and showed us that the young are not as familiar with it as the older Irish people are, however they all seem to use it rarely and always in informal situations. The literature and online sources on Irish English language were accurately examined before and during the research.
Ključne besede: Irish language, English language, Irish English, history, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary
Objavljeno v DKUM: 27.03.2013; Ogledov: 1971; Prenosov: 164
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2. Irish English: Vocabulary and PronunciationLidija Potočnik, 2012, diplomsko delo Opis: English is a world language. In UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand it is spoken as a first language. There are numerous countries where English is spoken as a second language and in even more countries where English is spoken as a foreign language. Nowadays English is considered to be lingua franca of the world communication.
There exist different varieties of English, and Irish English is one of them. English was brought to Ireland by the British in the seventeenth century. Therefore, Irish English is strongly influenced by Irish language which is the first official language in Ireland; English is the second.
There are two main varieties of English in Ireland; Northern and Southern variety. Northern variety was historically influenced by the Scots English, and Southern Irish English developed under the influence of English English. Therefore there exist several varieties of pronunciation and differences in vocabulary. Of course, both Irish English varieties differ from British English in vocabulary and pronunciation and that is also emphasized in this graduation thesis.
Ključne besede: Irish English, British English, vocabulary, pronunciation, Irish language
Objavljeno v DKUM: 06.02.2013; Ogledov: 2571; Prenosov: 171
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3. Faithfulness to the dialect in English and Slovene songsSabina Jevšenak, 2011, diplomsko delo Opis: When we speak we are able to control our language. We can speak in our dialect, with our accent, or we speak correctly as the standards of a language require. The purpose of this paper was to research how is with this phenomenon in music. Do different singers use the same language when singing and when speaking? I used three different English dialects (Cockney, Irish and Scottish dialect) and two random representatives of each dialect for my research. I transcribed one song and one interview of each representative and parallel to that transcribed the same text in RP. I concentrated on the differences and compared the results. Moreover, for comparison between English and Slovene language I used my diploma seminar work, which deals with dialects in Slovene songs.
Ključne besede: english dialects, cockney, irish, scottish, music, transcription
Objavljeno v DKUM: 11.01.2012; Ogledov: 2728; Prenosov: 142
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