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The Role of Consistency in Use of Morphosyntactic Forms in Child-Directed Speech in the Acquisition of Irish, a Minority Language Undergoing Rapid Language Change
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Antonijevic, Stanislava; Muckley, Sarah Ann; Muller, Nicole – Journal of Child Language, 2020
Irish is a rapidly changing minority language spoken as the main community language in some areas of the officially Irish-speaking "Gaeltacht" regions in Ireland. We analyse narratives from 17 parent-child dyads, living in one such area. All children, aged 3-6;4, had high exposure to the local variety of Irish. The input quality was…
Descriptors: Irish, Morphology (Languages), Language Minorities, Parent Child Relationship
Russian Speakers and 'The Russian Language' in Ireland: Unity, Hybridity, Standard and Variation
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Denman, Feargus – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This article examines how Russian speakers in Ireland delimit and describe (their/the) Russian language in relation to representations of standard Russian. It is based on analysis of discussions conducted between speakers of Russian living in Ireland, facilitated by the Our Languages (2008-2011) research project, investigating multilingualism and…
Descriptors: Russian, Metalinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Foreign Countries
Minority Language Advertising: A Profile of Two Irish-Language Newspapers
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Kelly-Holmes, Helen; Atkinson, David – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
This paper investigates the Irish-language adscape through an analysis of the profile of two Irish-language newspapers, "Foinse," published in the Republic of Ireland, and "La," published in Northern Ireland. The advertising in both papers is analysed in terms of products and services advertised, advertisers represented and…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Advertising, Private Sector, Foreign Countries
How One Word Borrows Another: The Process of Language-Contact in Two Irish-Speaking Communities
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O'Malley-Madec, Mary – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2007
Quantitative and qualitative data from two Irish-speaking communities in Ireland (F, a core community within the heartland of Irish-speaking Galway and B, a peripheral community on the edge of Galway city) are examined in order to investigate the role of location in language contact. The analysis of the observed linguistic outcomes based on…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Linguistic Borrowing, Nouns, Foreign Countries
Irish Language Promotion: Potentials and Constraints. Occasional Paper No. 1.
Mackey, William F. – 1977
This paper provides a summary of the proceedings of a public lecture and a seminar conducted by William F. Mackey, on "Options for Language Promotion by Means of the Education System" and "Implications of Bilingualism," including the question and answer sessions. Part one, summarizing the lecture, discusses the role of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes
All-Irish Primary Schools in the Dublin Area. Report of a Sociological and Spatial Study of All-Irish-Medium Schools in the Greater Dublin Area, with Special Reference to Their Impact on Home and Social Network Use of Irish.
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O Riagain, Padraig; O Gliasain, Micheal – 1979
A study investigated the extent to which all-Irish primary schools in the Dublin (Ireland) area: (1) provide opportunities for parents not using Irish at home to send children to an all-Irish school; (2) provide impetus for an increase in Irish use in homes of attending children; (3) increase interaction among Irish-speaking families; (4) are…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Family Environment
The Language and Politics of Exclusion: Others in Discourse.
Riggins, Stephen Harold, Ed. – 1997
A collection of essays on "the other" in discourse includes: "The Rhetoric of Othering" (Stephen Harold Riggins); "Political Discourse and Racism: Describing Others in Western Parliaments" (Teun A. van Dijk); "'Das Ausland' and Anti-Semitic Discourse: The Discursive Construction of the Other" (Ruth Wodak);…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advertising, Afrocentrism, Anti Semitism