Articulating Minority Language Value in Diverse Communities
The Case of Compulsory Irish Language Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12762121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clíona Murray (0000-0001-7989-2942, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author), Andrea Lynch (0000-0002-1631-7171, Trinity College Dublin), Niamh Flynn (0000-0001-8040-3931, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway), Emer Davitt (0000-0002-8255-2460, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 247-261 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language Identity & Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7701 • E-ISSN: 1534-8458 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15348458.2020.1871354 |
| OpenAlex | W3130287926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
In newly multilingual communities, where the language of education can no longer be assumed to be the home language of students, debates around language education policy can reflect broader sociocultural and political assumptions. As Ireland has become increasingly diverse in recent decades, the core compulsory status of the Irish language has emerged as one of the most contested aspects of the national curriculum. Informed by the field of language ideology, this paper draws on the responses to a public consultation on exemptions from the study of Irish. The findings point to a deeply entrenched polarisation of opinion regarding the relationship between identity and language, with some evidence of ethnocentric beliefs. However, the analysis also offered a number of nuanced and counterintuitive perspectives as to how minority languages might be positioned to contribute to a more open and inclusive educational environment
Counterintuitive · Epistemology · Ethnocentrism · Ideology · Irish · Language policy · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Gender Studies in Language · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Qualitative Content Analysis in Practice
Reversing Language Shift
Discourse and Identity Construction
The role of emotions and positionality in the trajectories of ‘new speakers’ of Irish
Minority language ownership and authority
A longitudinal study of early reading development in two languages
Language Ideologies and Heritage Language Education
How to turn the tide
Language policy and ‘new speakers’
At the interface of language ideology and practice
Establishing new norms of language use
Whose Language Is It? Struggles for Language Ownership in an Irish Language Classroom
Reconceptualizing the Native/Nonnative Speaker Dichotomy
Language teaching in a globalised world
Rearticulating the Case for Minority Language Rights
Hugs and behaviour points
Nation-Building, Collective Identity, and Language Choices
Language policy and minority language education in Ireland
Unfirm ground
From multilingualism to bilingualism
Irish-language policy in a multiethnic state
A question of national identity or minority rights? The changing status of the Irish language in Ireland since 1922
The making of Irish-speaking Ireland
Valeur symbolique de la langue au Pays basque français et choix de l'école pour les enfants de couples linguistiquement mixtes
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |