Bibliography
Brian
Ó Broin
Contributions to journals
Ó Broin, Brian, “New urban Irish: pidgin, creole, or bona fide dialect? The phonetics and morphology of city and Gaeltacht speakers systematically compared”, Journal of Celtic Linguistics 15 (2014): 69–91.
abstract:
This article compares the phonetics and morphology of Irish spoken in the Gaeltacht with that spoken in Irish cities. Informants were identified by randomly selecting newsreaders and chat show hosts on Gaeltacht and urban Irish-language radio stations. Recordings of the speakers were transcribed and then analysed for morphological and phonetic accuracy. City speakers demonstrated a move towards simplified morphology and phonology, making fewer than 50% of expected changes, while Gaeltacht speakers retained the language's traditional forms, making more than 90% of expected changes. It was discovered that the city speakers, while apparently speaking stable idiolects, each returned very different rates, suggesting that the cities do not yet have stable Irish dialects. The Gaeltacht speakers all returned very similar rates.
abstract:
This article compares the phonetics and morphology of Irish spoken in the Gaeltacht with that spoken in Irish cities. Informants were identified by randomly selecting newsreaders and chat show hosts on Gaeltacht and urban Irish-language radio stations. Recordings of the speakers were transcribed and then analysed for morphological and phonetic accuracy. City speakers demonstrated a move towards simplified morphology and phonology, making fewer than 50% of expected changes, while Gaeltacht speakers retained the language's traditional forms, making more than 90% of expected changes. It was discovered that the city speakers, while apparently speaking stable idiolects, each returned very different rates, suggesting that the cities do not yet have stable Irish dialects. The Gaeltacht speakers all returned very similar rates.
Contributions to edited collections or authored works
Ó Broin, Brian, “Contrasting Irish and Norse accounts of Sigtryggr Silkiskegg, a tenth and eleventh-century king of Dublin”, in: Dónall Ó Baoill, Donncha Ó hAodha, and Nollaig Ó Muraíle (eds), Saltair saíochta, sanasaíochta agus seanchais: A festschrift for Gearóid Mac Eoin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013. 285–296.
Brian Ó Broin, “Caoineadh”, in: John T. Koch (ed.), Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006): 341.
Brian Ó Broin, “Aisling”, in: John T. Koch (ed.), Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006): 33.
