History  |  Humour  |  Language

Craic Baby

Dispatches from a Rising Language

(Author) Darach O'Seaghdha
Format: Paperback
£9.99 Price: £9.49 (5% off)
In Stock
(Limited availability – contact us to confirm)
Generally dispatched in 1 to 2 days

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.

Information
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781788545266
Publish year:
2019
Publish date:
June 13, 2019

Darach O'Seaghdha

Reviews

Leave a review

Please login to leave a review.

Be the first to review this product

Other related

Motherfocloir

Motherfocloir

Dispatches from a not so dead language

Darach O'Seaghdha
Paperback
Published: 2018
Go Gentle

Go Gentle

Maria Semple
Hardcover
I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home
A Queer Inheritance

A Queer Inheritance

Alternative Histories in the National Trust

Michael Hall
Hardcover
The Myth of American Idealism

The Myth of American Idealism

How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

Noam Chomsky
Paperback
The Power of Plants

The Power of Plants

How Nature Shapes Our World

Lucy Summers
Hardcover
Default Cover

Iran and the Revolution

A History

Homa Katouzian
Hardcover