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How to turn the tide: the policy implications emergent from comparing a ‘post-vernacular FLP’ to a ‘pro-Gaelic FLP’
(Springer Verlag, 2020-02-14)
This paper compares the sociolinguistic trajectory of a latent speaker mother to
that of a new speaker mother. Drawing on Shandler (TDR 48(1):19 43, 2004), it
introduces the term post-vernacular FLP as a means to ...
Building a language community through radio in the age of social media: the case of Raidió na Life
(Intellect, 2020-04-01)
This paper investigates the motivations of volunteers in participating in broadcasting on a community radio station in the age of social media. The station chosen broadcasts in Irish, a minority language in Ireland, although ...
11 Child agency and home language maintenance
(De Grouton Mouton, 2020)
[No abstract available]
Irish pirate radio 1978-1988: How political stasis allowed unlicensed radio to flourish and innovate
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-10-12)
The history of pirate radio in Ireland remains understudied by comparison with other countries with histories
of unlicensed broadcasting. This is surprising given the extent and longevity of a large pirate radio scene ...
New speakers of Irish and identities
(Routledge, 2020-03-03)
This chapter examines the links between the Irish language and identity in the discourses of new speakers. Despite the strong historical association of Irish with national ethnocultural identity, the chapter identifies a ...
Double-voicing and rubber ducks: the dominance of English in the imaginative play of two bilingual sisters
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-05-05)
Through analysis of a video recording of two bilingual siblings playing with rubber ducks, this article explores the concept that imaginative play can serve as a potential site for language shift. The article argues that ...
Old names for the River Suck and associated sites
(Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, 2020)
This paper examines the evidence indicating that the names Bré and Dubainn Bré (and variants thereof) may be regarded as older, alternative names for the river Suck. It also considers textual references to some other ...