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New View of the Irish Language

Author : Caoilfhionn Nic Phaidin
Publisher : Cois Life
ISBN 13 : 1908057785
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book New View of the Irish Language written by Caoilfhionn Nic Phaidin and published by Cois Life. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1871 census came to the stark conclusion that 'within relatively few years' Irish would cease to exist. Yet, over a century later, Irish became the twenty-third officially recognized language of the European Union in 2007. To believe the census returns of recent years, Irish is in a state of rude health. But is this true when half a million people claim to speak Irish, but seldom actually speak it? In the traditional Gaeltacht areas, Irish is in peril - whilst it flourishes in Gaelscoileanna, in urban areas and in cyberspace. What do these dramatic shifts mean for the language's future?A New View of the Irish Language covers issues such as language and national identity; the impact of emigration and immigration; music, literature and the media; the importance of place-names; teaching and learning Irish; attitudes towards Irish; and the state of the Gaeltacht - and probes beyond the statistics and rhetoric to explore the true situation of Irish in the contemporary world.Contributors: Ruair hUiginn, Pdraig Riagin, Liam Mac Mathna, Mirn Nic Eoin, Liam Muirthile, Gearid Tuathaigh, John Harris, Breandn Delap, Conchr Giollagin & Seosamh Mac Donnacha, Caoilfhionn Nic Phidn, Pdraig Laighin, Lillis Laoire, Anna N Ghallachair, Ciarn Mac Murchaidh, Brian Conchubhair, Aidan Doyle, Aidan Punch, Suzanne Romaine, Dnall Mac Giolla Easpaig and Iarfhlaith Watson.

The Secret Languages of Ireland

Author : R. A. Stewart Macalister
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107671507
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Languages of Ireland written by R. A. Stewart Macalister and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1937, this highly influential book examines the 'secret' languages of Ireland, particularly the Shelta tongue spoken by Irish Travellers, and the various written and spoken forms of Ogham. An appendix at the back allows for the translation of certain English words into a variety of languages, such as Bog-Latin and Bēarlagair na Sāer. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ireland and the historical languages of its people.

Wars of Words

Author : Tony Crowley
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 019927343X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Wars of Words written by Tony Crowley and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005-04-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wars of Words is the first comprehensive survey of the politics of language in Ireland during the colonial and post-colonial periods. Challenging received notions, Tony Crowley presents a complex, fascinating, and often surprising history which has suffered greatly in the past from over-simplification. Beginning with Henry VIII's Act for English Order, Habit, and Language (1537) and ending with the Republic of Ireland's Official Languages Act (2003) andthe introduction of language rights under the legislation proposed by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (2004), this clear and accessible narrative follows the continuities and discontinuities of Irish history over the past five hundred years.The major issues that have both united and divided Ireland are considered with regard to language, including ethnicity, cultural identity, religion, sovereignty, propriety, purity, memory, and authenticity. But rather than simply presenting the accepted wisdom on many of the language debates, this book re-visits the material and considers previously little-known evidence in order to offer new insights and to contest earlier accounts. The materials range from colonial state papers to thewritings of Irish revolutionaries, from the work of Irish priest historians to contemporary loyalist politicians, from Gaelic dictionaries to Ulster-Scots poetry.Wars of Words offers a reading of the crucial role language has played in Ireland's political history. It concludes by arguing that the Belfast Agreement's recognition that languages are 'part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland', will be central to the social development of the Republic and Northern Ireland. The final chapter analyses the way in which contemporary poets have used Gaelic, Hiberno-English, Ulster-English, and Ulster-Scots, as vehicles for the various voicesthat demand to be heard in the new societies on both sides of the border.

The Languages of Ireland

Author : Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Languages of Ireland written by Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a thousand years Ireland has been a host to a surprising variety of languages and cultures. Every area of Irish life and cultural expression has been informed by this contact with diverse language groups. This book is an innovative collection of essays that for the first time assesses the multilingual and, by extension, multicultural inheritance of Ireland over two millennia. Leading scholars in language and translation studies from all over Ireland offer a comprehensive overview and accessible insight into the origins, development and intercultural fortunes of different languages on the island of Ireland from the early medieval period onwards. Among the languages and cultures presented in the volume are Irish, English, French, German, Ulster Scots, Ancient Greek and Latin. Contributors will also be situating the multilingual history of Ireland in terms of larger debates on globalization, the future of language diversity and the nature of diasporic cultures. The publication of this book is most timely as Ireland is faced with the challenges of a multicultural and multilingual society and the volume will be an important contribution to national self-understanding and cultural debate.

The Irish Language in Ireland

Author : Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134361246
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Language in Ireland written by Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises the first complete treatment of the Irish language in social context throughout the whole of Ireland, with a particular focus on contemporary society. The possibilities and limitations of the craft of language planning for the revival of the Irish language are outlined and the book also situates the language issue in the context of current debates on the geography, history and politics of the nature of Irish identity. A comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is adopted throughout.

Languages of the Night

Author : Barry McCrea
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300190565
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Languages of the Night written by Barry McCrea and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the sudden decline of old rural vernaculars – such as French patois, Italian dialects, and the Irish language – caused these languages to become the objects of powerful longings and projections that were formative of modernist writing. Seán Ó Ríordáin in Ireland and Pier Paolo Pasolini in Italy reshaped minor languages to use as private idioms of poetry; the revivalist conception of Irish as a lost, perfect language deeply affected the work of James Joyce; the disappearing dialects of northern France seemed to Marcel Proust to offer an escape from time itself. Drawing on a broad range of linguistic and cultural examples to present a major reevaluation of the origins and meaning of European literary modernism, Barry McCrea shows how the vanishing languages of the European countryside influenced metropolitan literary culture in fundamental ways.

The Irish Language in Ireland

Author : Silvia Schilling
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668886091
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Language in Ireland written by Silvia Schilling and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University College Dublin, course: Seminar: Minority and Endangered Languages, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the ways in which the Irish Government attempts to revitalize the Irish language. Even though Irish is technically the first official language of the Republic of Ireland, it is a minority language, while Engish (the second official language) is spoken by the majority. The essay gives a short historical overview and analyzes revival strategies, for example within the educational system of Ireland.

The Politics of Language in Ireland 1366-1922

Author : Tony Crowley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134729022
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Language in Ireland 1366-1922 written by Tony Crowley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost a thousand years language has been an important and contentious issue in Ireland but above all it reflects the great themes of Irish history: colonial, invasion, native resistance, religious and cultural difference. Collected here for the first time are texts on language from the date of the first legislation against the Irish: the Statute of Kilkenny, 1366, to the constitution of the Free State in 1922. Crowley's introduction connects these texts to current debates, giving The Belfast Agreement as a textual example and illustrating that the language debates continue today. Divided into six historical sections with detailed editor's introductions, this unique sourcebook includes familiar cultural texts such as essays and letters by Yeats along side less familiar writings including the Preface to the New Testament in Irish. (1602) Providing direct access to original texts, this is an historical resource book which can be used as a case study in the relations between language and cultural identity.

Language Issues

Author : Wesley Hutchinson
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9789052016498
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Language Issues written by Wesley Hutchinson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book emerged out of contributions to a bilingual conference that was organised at the Institut du Monde Anglophone and the Bibliothque Sainte-Barbe in Paris on December 5 and 6, 2008. The conference was entitled "Indigenous Minority Languages in Ireland: A Comparative Perspective," translated into French as: "Les langues regionales et minoritaires en Irlande: Perspectives croisies."

A History of the Irish Language

Author : Aidan Doyle
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191037745
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Irish Language written by Aidan Doyle and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Aidan Doyle traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion at the end of the 12th century to independence in 1922, combining political, cultural, and linguistic history. The book is divided into seven main chapters that focus on a specific period in the history of the language; they each begin with a discussion of the external history and position of the Irish language in the period, before moving on to investigate the important internal changes that took place at that time. A History of the Irish Language makes available for the first time material that has previously been inaccessible to students and scholars who cannot read Irish, and will be a valuable resource not only for undergraduate students of the language, but for all those interested in Irish history and culture.

Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages

Author : Viveka Velupillai
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027268843
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages written by Viveka Velupillai and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lucid and theory-neutral introduction to the study of pidgins, creoles and mixed languages covers both theoretical and empirical issues pertinent to the field of contact linguistics. Part I presents the theoretical background, with chapters devoted to the definition of terms, the sociohistorical settings, theories on the genesis of pidgins and creoles, as well as discussions on language variation and the sociology of language. Part II empirically tests assumptions made about the linguistic characteristics of pidgins and creoles by systematically comparing them with other natural languages in all linguistic domains. This is the first introduction that consistently applies the findings of the Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and systematically includes extended pidgins and mixed languages in the discussion of each linguistic feature. The book is designed for students of courses with a focus on pidgins, creoles and mixed languages, as well as typologically oriented courses on contact linguistics.

The English Language in Ireland

Author : Diarmaid Ó Muirithe
Publisher : Mercier Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The English Language in Ireland written by Diarmaid Ó Muirithe and published by Mercier Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Irish Gaelic Tattoo Handbook

Author : Audrey Nickel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995099883
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Gaelic Tattoo Handbook written by Audrey Nickel and published by . This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to honour the Celtic language of Ireland in your tattoo or craft design - and avoid embarrassing mistakes - with a glossary of over 400 authentic Irish-language words, phrases, and sayings. The book also includes illustrations of real-life tattoo mistakes, a history of the Irish language, and advice on spelling, fonts, symbols, and more.

Sociolinguistics in Ireland

Author : R. Hickey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137453478
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Sociolinguistics in Ireland written by R. Hickey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociolinguistics in Ireland takes a fresh look at the interface of language and society in present-day Ireland. In a series of specially commissioned chapters it examines the relationship of the Irish and English languages and traces their dynamic development both in history and at present.

Graveyard Clay

Author : Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300220928
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Graveyard Clay written by Máirtín Ó Cadhain and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In critical opinion and popular polls, Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Graveyard Clay is invariably ranked the most important prose work in modern Irish. This bold new translation of his radically original Cré na Cille is the shared project of two fluent speakers of the Irish of Ó Cadhain’s native region, Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson. They have achieved a lofty goal: to convey Ó Cadhain’s meaning accurately and to meet his towering literary standards. Graveyard Clay is a novel of black humor, reminiscent of the work of Synge and Beckett. The story unfolds entirely in dialogue as the newly dead arrive in the graveyard, bringing news of recent local happenings to those already confined in their coffins. Avalanches of gossip, backbiting, flirting, feuds, and scandal-mongering ensue, while the absurdity of human nature becomes ever clearer. This edition of Ó Cadhain’s masterpiece is enriched with footnotes, bibliography, publication and reception history, and other materials that invite further study and deeper enjoyment of his most engaging and challenging work.

English as We Speak it in Ireland

Author : Patrick Weston Joyce
Publisher : London Longmans, Green 1910.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book English as We Speak it in Ireland written by Patrick Weston Joyce and published by London Longmans, Green 1910.. This book was released on 1910 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Dialects of Irish

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110238306
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Dialects of Irish written by Raymond Hickey and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish. It gives specific information on the features of each dialect and considers many sub-divisions, using maps and tables to illustrate clearly what is the subject of discussion. There are several innovations in the book, such as a system of lexical sets which facilitate the description and analysis of variation and change in modern Irish. The data for the book stems from recordings of more than 200 speakers and all the statements made about the structure of Irish are based on native speakers' speech samples. These are supplied online with a software interface which allows users to quickly orient themselves among the varieties of Irish via clickable maps. A number of further issues are focused on in the book, such as the possibility of dialect reconstruction and the use of place-name evidence for determining the earlier distribution of Irish. Additional historical and background information is provided so that scholars and students without any previous knowledge of the language can readily grasp the themes and issues discussed.