{"product_id":"craic-baby-dispatches-from-a-rising-language-paperback","title":"Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarach O'S饌ghdha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMotherfoclr\u003c\/i\u003e, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraic Baby\u003c\/i\u003e picks up exactly where \u003ci\u003eMotherfoclr\u003c\/i\u003e left off and explores the very new and very old parts of the Irish language from a personal perspective. While \u003ci\u003eMotherfoclr\u003c\/i\u003e was steeped in memory and a father-son relationship, \u003ci\u003eCraic Baby\u003c\/i\u003e hinges on the beginnings of a father-daughter relationship, and how watching a child learn to communicate changes how you think about language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraic Baby\u003c\/i\u003e will share more Irish words and issues connected to the language, in the same style as \u003ci\u003eMotherfoclr\u003c\/i\u003e, but treated with greater confidence and more depth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarach O'S饌ghdha 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.\u003cbr\u003eDarach O'S饌ghdha 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461348901042,"sku":"9781788545266","price":15.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1c85c61fb2861a4013b186eb539215c8.webp?v=1778947320","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/craic-baby-dispatches-from-a-rising-language-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}