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Download full textOdlin, Terence – 1996
Possible origins for the use of "sorrow" as a negation in Hiberno-English are considered. Much of the evidence examined here comes from English literature. It is concluded that the uses of "sorrow" as negator and as euphemism probably reflect Celtic substrate influence. Structural evidence indicates that "sorrow"…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, English Literature, Foreign Countries
Parris, David L. – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1996
The apparent difficulty of students of French as a second language to acquire French vocabulary is examined, drawing on experience with teaching Irish university students and the structures and stylistic traits peculiar to French. It is noted that while certain kinds of words (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) occupy little space in text, they take…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, French, Higher Education
