This study is the first of its kind to analyse the representation of Irish English in film. Using a corpus of 50 films, ranging from John Ford’s The Informer (1935) to Lenny Abrahamson’s Garage (2007), the author examines the extent to which Irish English grammatical, discourse and lexical features are present in the films and provides a qualitative analysis of the accents in these works. The authenticity of the language is called into question and discussed in relation to the phenomenon of the Stage Irishman.

The Author: Shane Walshe studied English and German at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He has lectured at the universities of Bamberg and Zurich and worked as a dialect coach in theatre. His main areas of interest are varieties of English, perceptual dialectology and second language acquisition. The author has presented papers at international conferences in South Korea, Spain and Poland.

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