Irish English Stereotypes. A Variational Pragmatic Analysis
Irish English Stereotypes. A Variational Pragmatic Analysis

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to examine common Irish English stereotypes in cinematographic representations of Irish English with special reference to pragmatic features and sociopragmatic norms. After giving an overview of some of the ways in which the concepts of 'stereotype' and 'stereotyping' are defined and used in sociolinguistics and sociopragmatics, selected features of the Irish English pragmalect (the use of pragmatic markers, the performance of speach acts such as requests, compliment responses and thanks minimizers) will be discussed adn contrasted with the (highly stereoptypical) representation of Irish English in the films Intermission and The Guard.

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