When Irish lips are failing. On John Walker's "Rules to be observed by the natives of Ireland ..."

• In 1791 John Walker published the first edition of A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. It contained advice for speakers of variants of English how to adjust the the pronunciation used by educated Londoners. The focus in the article is on advice for the Irish and includes a brief survey of later stages of Irish English pronunciation.

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HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

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Hiberno-English

Irish

pronunciation

orthoepy

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