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2. Collecting data on Irish dialects 134 2.1. Data collection for Samples of Spoken Irish 135 2.2. Sample sentences with lexical sets for Irish 137 3. Features of dialects 144 3.1. Isoglosses in Irish dialectology 145 3.2. Differences in scope between dialects 150 3.2.1. Metathesis 151 3.2.2. Epenthesis 153 3.2.3. Phonetic palatalisation ...
- 1. The Representation of Consonants
- Caitr ́ıona bu ́ıdeach
- 2. The Surface Realization Of Palatalized Vs. Nonpalatalized Consonants
- 4. The Surface Realization of Lenited Consonants
- 5. The Representation of Vowels
Irish consonants occur in pairs of palatalized (slender) vs. nonpalatalized (broad). The only exception to this generalization is /h/, which has no palatalized counterpart. In the orthography, both palatalized and nonpalatalized consonants are represented via the consonant symbols shown below: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Bilabia...
/k∂t’r’i:n∂/ /bi:d’ax/ and o are diacritic and e are diacritic
Palatalized consonants are pronounced in the way one might expect, except that palatalized s is [∫] and palatalized bh/mh is /v’/. In general, palatalization is more audible before back vowels. Nonpalatalized consonants also display secondary features of articulation. Nonpalatalized labials are labialized before a front vowel. Nonpalatalized dental...
Though the list above gives the basic pronunciation of lenited consonants, there are a few curiosities worth noting. Before the liquids r and l, the lenited forms bh and mh are realized as the voiced bilabial fricative /β/. Similarly, before r and l, dh and gh are realized as a voiced palatal fricative (which can be characterized impressionisticall...
The vowel inventory contains five long vowels, the corresponding five short vowels, plus schwa (/∂/). There are also two diphtongs and a triphthong. In the orthography, vowel length is marked by the acute accent. The chart below gives a rough summary of how vowels other than /∂/ are represented: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii c c Short c Fro...
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Aug 29, 2011 · The book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish. It gives specific information on the features of each dialect ...
- Raymond Hickey
- August 29, 2011
2. The orthography of Irish was published in The Dialects of Irish on page 392.
The traditional Irish alphabet carved in Gaelic type on a building in Dublin, with each type of diacritic ( síneadh fada and ponc séimhithe) as well as the Tironian et. The traditional Irish alphabet ( aibítir) consists of 18 letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u .
Jul 26, 2016 · While comparison of Irish spelling patterns with those in a similar corpus for English confirms a widespread belief that the orthography of Irish is more regular than that of English (the L1 of...
Aug 29, 2011 · The book offers an easy-to-grasp overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Based on recordings of more than 200 speakers (accessible as supplementary material on the accompanying DVD), the book demonstrates the vitality and breadth of the present-day language. Maps and tables allow easy orientation among the varieties of modern Irish.
