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UNINA9910794505903321 |
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Autore |
Mac Póilin Aodán <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Our tangled speech : essays on language and culture / / Aodan Mac Poilin |
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[Belfast] : , : Ulster Historical Foundation, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Irish language - History |
Irish language - Dialects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Taig talk -- Our tangled speech: Languages in Northern Ireland -- 'Something of a cultural war': Linguistic politics in Northern Ireland -- What about Ullans?: Ulster Scots and the Irish language -- Language maintenance, language revival -- 'Spiritual Beyond the Ways of Men': Images of the Gael -- Plus ça change: The Irish language and politics -- The Protestant Gaelic Tradition -- The Irish language in Belfast until 1900 -- Irish in Belfast, 1892-1960 -- Belfast in 20th-Century literature in Irish -- The Pobal Feirste Neo-Gaeltacht: Lessons to learn? -- Irish language television in Northern Ireland -- The BBC and the Irish language -- Irish and other origins of surnames -- Endnotes -- Index -- Copyright. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Irish language revival north and south of Ireland, examining its successes and failures. It gives a fascinating account of historical attitudes towards the Gael and examines the complexities of linguistic and cultural identity. |
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