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The Secret Languages of Ireland. R. A. Stewart Macalister
The Secret Languages of Ireland


Author: R. A. Stewart Macalister
Date: 01 Feb 2014
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Language: English
Format: Paperback::296 pages
ISBN10: 1107671507
Filename: the-secret-languages-of-ireland.pdf
Dimension: 152x 229x 17mm::440g
Download Link: The Secret Languages of Ireland


Shelta is a secret language. Irish Travellers do not like to share the language with outsiders, named Buffers,or non-Travellers. When speaking Shelta in front of Buffers, Travellers will disguise the structure so as to make it seem like they aren't speaking Shelta at all. Full text of "The Secret Languages of Ireland" See other formats 158 SHELTA masculine, na feminine:but grammatical gender is evanescent in Shelta, and both forms are represented a, as in b'or' a k'ena 'the woman of the house'. The Secret Flower Language and Folklore of the Bells of Ireland, (undefined) Flora's Fancy The Secret Language of Flowers (a garden growing Bells of Ireland. Travellers' language: A sociolinguistic perspective The Secret Languages of Ireland Defining Mori language revitalisation: A project in folk linguistics. Chapter 6: Shelta pp. 138-224.Macalister R.A. Stewart. The secret languages of Ireland:with special reference to the origin and nature of the They trace Polari's origins back to Thieves' Cant, a secret language it used in the names of gay establishments across the UK and Ireland, The word 'scann