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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.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Overview of Irish Language - Approaches to Language and Development: Contributions from History - Language, Culture and Development: Elaborating a Theoretical Framework - The Influence of the Irish Language on Socio-Economic Development in the Gaeltacht - Case-Studies on the Influence of the Irish Language on Socio-Economic Development in the Gaeltacht - A Changing Relationship between Language and Socio-Economic Development: The Evolution of Udaras na Gaeltachta - The Influence of Irish on Development in an Urban Setting: West Belfast and Galway City.

About the Author :
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 RTE 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.

Review :
Coming at a time of major national reappraisal of where we are going as a society, this book has a huge contribution to make to charting the road towards a better future [...] one of the most important books written on the Irish language for a very long time. (Peadar Kirby, Professor of International Politics and Public Policy, University of Limerick, Ireland)


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  • ISBN-13: 9783035300710
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Irish Language and Ireland's Socio-economic Development
  • ISBN-10: 3035300712
  • Publisher Date: 23 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Series Title: 15 Reimagining Ireland


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