Contests and Contexts: The Irish Language and Ireland's Socio-Economic Development - Couverture souple

Walsh, John

 
9783039119141: Contests and Contexts: The Irish Language and Ireland's Socio-Economic Development
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3039119141 ISBN 13 : 9783039119141
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2010

Synopsis

Despite being Ireland's national and first official language, Irish is marginalised and threatened as a community language. The dominant discourse has long dismissed the Irish language as irrelevant or even an obstacle to Ireland's progress. This book critiques that discourse and contends that the promotion of Irish and sustainable socio-economic development are not mutually exclusive aims.
The author surveys historical and contemporary sources, particularly those used by the Irish historian J.J. Lee, and argues that the Irish language contributes positively to socio-economic development. He grounds this argument in theoretical perspectives from sociolinguistics, political economy and development theory, and suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between language and development. The link between the Irish language and Ireland's socio-economic development is examined in a number of case studies, both within the traditional Irish-speaking Gaeltacht communities and in urban areas.
Following the spectacular collapse of the Irish economy in 2008, this critical challenge to the dominant discourse on development is a timely and thought-provoking study.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Walsh is a Lecturer in Irish at the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, National University of Ireland, Galway. He has previously worked as a lecturer at Dublin City University, with the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, and as a journalist with the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ and the Irish-language television channel TG4. In 2009 he was appointed Fulbright Irish Language Scholar and spent six months teaching and researching at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Éditeur
Verlag Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039119141
ISBN 13 
9783039119141
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
498
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Personne responsable
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