Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language

O'Séaghdha, Darach

ISBN 10: 1788545265 / ISBN 13: 9781788545266

Published by Apollo (edition None), 2019

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 1788545265-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language
• Publisher: Apollo (edition None)
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788545265
• ISBN 13: 9781788545266
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: None.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year.
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR.

What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a language do we mean the musical combination of syllables, or something more profound? How do new words enter a language, and what is the relationship between that strange dialect called Hiberno-English and its parent language?

Craic Baby picks up exactly where Motherfoclóir left off and explores the very new and very old parts of the Irish language from a personal perspective. While Motherfoclóir was steeped in memory and a father-son relationship, Craic Baby hinges on the beginnings of a father-daughter relationship, and how watching a child learn to communicate changes how you think about language.

Craic Baby will share more Irish words and issues connected to the language, in the same style as Motherfoclóir, but treated with greater confidence and more depth.

About the Author

Darach O'Séaghdha is the author of popular twitter account @theirishfor. He lives just outside Dublin, where he works as a civil servant during the day and explores language at night and in the early morning.