CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1．1．English in Ireland：what is Hiberno-English？ 1．2．Two languages in Ireland 1．3．The Irish language and its importance 1．4．Speakers' attitude：“English”or“Irish English”？ 1．5．Development of Hiberno-English 1．6．“Dialectal discontinuity”：cross-dialectal misapprehension 1．7．Focus on unexpected mismatches 1．8．Southwest Hiberno-English：data and materials
CHAPTER 2. HIBERNO-ENGLISH VIS-A-VIS STANDARD ENGLISH 2．1．The study of Hiberno-English 2．2．Descriptions of Hiberno-English 2．3．Vocabulary 2．4．Phonology 2．5．Morphology and Syntax 2．6．Pragmatics 2．7．Dialectal variations in Hiberno-English
3．1．Introduction：“dialects”and apparent similarities 3．2．Preliminaries：'tis(-it is) and cleft 3．3．Data to be examined 3．4．“Non-cleft”analysis 3．5．Characteristics：why a “non-cleft”analysis？ 3．6．A description：'tis(-it is)...sentences in Hiberno-English 3. 7. Summary
CHAPTER 4. ON TENSE AND ASPECT
4. 1. Introductions to the tense / aspect system of Hiberno-English 4. 2. Hiberno-English “Perfect” 4. 3. The be plus durative AdvP pattern 4. 4. The be after V-ing / NP construction 4. 5. The do be form 4. 6. Summary
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS
5. 1. Beyond similarities 5. 2. A grammatical system 5. 3. Dynamism of Hiberno-English
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