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Here we describe the basics of the orthography and how it connects to the phonology/phonetics of the Ulster (Donegal) dialect. 1. The Representation of Consonants. Irish consonants occur in pairs of palatalized (slender) vs. nonpalatalized (broad). The only exception to this generalization is /h/, which has no palatalized counterpart.
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...
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In all, this corpus comprises 761,779 word tokens, and 27,816 word types. Methods Here, we report on findings for the 1000 most frequent words of the CLGP analysing phonological correspondences to spellings for each of the three major Irish dialects (organized iii by province: Munster, Connacht, Ulster).
Jul 26, 2016 · This article presents an analysis of Irish orthography, based on the most frequent words in a corpus of children’s literature in Irish. We identify both basic orthographic rules and a few phonological rules that systematically alter pronunciations from those expected based on the orthographic norms.
- Nancy Stenson, Tina M. Hickey
- 2016
Mar 1, 2011 · Its one standardised orthography must encompass significant variation in pronunciation across dialects. While Irish uses the same letters as English, the Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences...
With Maria Edgeworth, this has been possible, as in her notes she has provided rather frequent and fulsome (if often perplexingly contradictory) direct and indirect indication of her attitude to Irish English dialect (and the use of dialect in general).11 It also means that commentators on a writer’s depiction of dialect need to consider ...
Nov 27, 2013 · Three chapters on the lexicon and discourse, syntax, and phonology focus on traditional dialect but also refer to colloquial and vernacular Irish English, the use of dialect in literature, and the modern “standard” language, especially as found in the International Corpus of English (ICE-Ireland).
