Craic Baby
Dispatches from a Rising Language
(Author) Darach O'Seaghdha
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What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a language do we mean the musical combination of syllables, or something more profound? How do new words enter a language, and what is the relationship between that strange dialect called Hiberno-English and its parent language? Craic Baby picks up exactly where Motherfoclóir left off and explores the very new and very old parts of the Irish language from a personal perspective. While Motherfoclóir was steeped in memory and a father-son relationship, Craic Baby hinges on the beginnings of a father-daughter relationship, and how watching a child learn to communicate changes how you think about language.
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Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781788545266
Publish year:
2019
Publish date:
June 13, 2019