Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language

Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language

by Darach O'Séaghdha
Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language

Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language

by Darach O'Séaghdha

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Overview

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 Motherfocloir 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788545259
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 11/01/2018
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 1.00(w) x 1.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Darach O' Seaghdha is the creator of popular twitter account @theirishfor, and the author of Motherfoclóir.
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