A New View of the Irish Language

by Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín (Editor), Seán Ó Cearnaigh (Editor)

This wide-ranging collection of essays explores the state and future of the Irish language. Contributors from a variety of disciplines examine the language and its relationship to national identity, the impact of immigration and emigration, music, literature, and the media.


Irish language / Ruairí Ó hUiginn --
Irish in the global context / Suzanne Romaine --
State and the Irish language : an historical perspective / Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh --
Census data on the Irish language / Aidan Punch --
Irish-language policy, 1922-2007 : balancing maintenance and revival / Pádraig Ó Riagáin --
Irish language and identity / Iarfhlaith Watson --
Linguistic change and standardization / Liam Mac Mathúna --
Corpus planning for Irish : dictionaries and terminology / Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín --
Gaeltacht today / Conchúr Ó Giollagáin & Seosamh Mac Donnacha --
Territories of desire : words and music in the Irish language / Lillis Ó Laoire --
Prose writing in Irish today / Máirín Nic Eoin --
Offshore on land : poetry in Irish now / Liam Ó Muirthile --
Irish and the media / Breandán Delap --
Placenames policy and its implementation / Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig --
Irish in the education system / John Harris --
Teaching and learning Irish today / Anna Ní Ghallachair --
Modern Irish scholarship at home and abroad / Aidan Doyle --
Current attitudes to Irish / Ciarán Mac Murchaidh --
Global diaspora and the 'new' Irish (language) / Brian Ó Conchubhair --
Irish and the legislative perspective / Pádraig Ó Laighin.

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2010

Reviews

[Janina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The essays are fairly repetitive.

[Holly]

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