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    The pragmatics of the be + after + V-ing construction in Irish English (Pre-published version)

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    O'Keeffe, A. and Amador Moreno, C. P. (2009) “The pragmatics of the be + after + V-ing construction in Irish English”. Intercultural Pragmatics, 6 (4): 517-534.
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    2009
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    O'Keeffe, Anne
    Amador-Moreno, Carolina P.
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    O'Keeffe, A. and Amador Moreno, C. P. (2009) “The pragmatics of the be + after + V-ing construction in Irish English”. Intercultural Pragmatics, 6 (4): 517-534.
    Abstract
    This paper looks at a well-documented form in Irish English, ‘be after + Verb-ing’ (e.g. ‘He's after forgetting to pay her’) which roughly equates to the present perfect aspect in Standard English. The structure, a calque on an Irish form, has been used in the past in literature and cartoons to both characterise and stigmatise Irish English. This paper tests the hypothesis that this structure is still widely used in Irish English today because it has acquired pragmatic specializations which do not have an equivalent in the Standard English form. This paper draws on one million words of Irish English recorded in different parts of Ireland to form the Limerick Corpus of Irish English, recorded between 2001 and 2005. All of the occurrences of the form in the corpus were isolated and analysed in context. A number of pragmatically specialised functions were identified and discussed. The distribution of the form across gender and particularly across a range of age groups, especially among young adult speakers, suggests that the form is robustly placed within Irish English. It is concluded that because its pragmatically specialised functions do not have an adequate equivalent in Standard English, it has and will remain as part of the core grammar of Irish English.
    Keywords
    Pragmatics
    Be +
    + V-ing
    Construction
    Irish English
    English
    Corpus linguistics
    Language (ISO 639-3)
    eng
    Publisher
    Mouton de Gruyter
    License URI
    https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/iprg.2009.6.issue-4/iprg.2009.026/iprg.2009.026.xml
    DOI
    10.1515/IPRG.2009.026
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10395/2298
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    • English Language and Literature (Peer-reviewed publications)

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