Place names and the complexity of language recognition in Northern Ireland

Dunlevy, Deirdre A.

doi:10.5040/9781350186620.ch-006

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“…In other words, street-name and place-name signs can act as symbolic markers of identity and belonging for the community (Dunlevy 2021). Conversely, the visual representation of a place name that goes against one's identity (such as the Irish form of a place name in mixed council areas which contain segregated areas and/or areas in transition) will often lead to acts of transgression and attempts to remove that unit from the linguistic landscape.…”

Section: Case Study 1: Conflict Territoriality Nationhood and Peacebu...mentioning

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Modern Languages Research: Towards a Challenge-Based Interdisciplinary Model

Ayres-Bennett

2023

Modern Languages Open

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This article draws on the experience of the multi-institution, multidisciplinary research programme Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies, funded by the AHRC under its Open World Research Initiative, to argue that research in Modern Languages has important things to say about key issues of our time. This implies a challenge-based model for research conducted in an interdisciplinary framework. As Klein and Newell (1998) argue, interdisciplinary studies address topics that are too broad or complex to be dealt with by a single discipline but, drawing on disciplinary perspectives, seek to integrate their insights into a more comprehensive perspective. The approach is illustrated through four case studies relating to conflict and peacebuilding, linguistic rights and inequalities, health and wellbeing, and social cohesion.

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Section: Case Study 1: Conflict Territoriality Nationhood and Peacebu...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Modern Languages Research: Towards a Challenge-Based Interdisciplinary Model

Ayres-Bennett

2023

Modern Languages Open

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“…The parties re-entered government in January 2020 with the publication of the 'New Decade New Approach' agreement, which promises an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression and commissioners for both the Irish language and Ulster Scots, although bilingual signage provision remains the responsibility of councils. Despite changes in the direction of language legislation in Northern Ireland, there remains a great deal of resistance to the inclusion of Irish in the linguistic landscape (Dunlevy, 2021).…”

Section: Diverging Ideologies North-south About Irish In the Public S...mentioning

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North and South of the Border: Parallel Place Name Research in Ireland

Kane,

Ó Gliasáin,

Bhreathnach

2023

Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science Volume 1 Keynote Lectures Toponomastics

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Irish language place-names were largely recorded in non-standardized anglicized spelling, which is variously subject to influences like diverging dialects, and socio-historical change. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, place name research and authority is disconnected. In the Republic of Ireland, Irish is the first official language, reflected in support via a number of statutory bodies. The Placenames Committee within the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Government of Ireland) is the main authority on place names, and advises government on official place names as defined in legislation (Official Languages Act, 2003). The Logainm.ie place names database and Meitheal Logainm.ie community place name collection project, developed by Dublin City University, reflect further Government support for place-name scholarship and usage. Irish has (currently) no similar legal protection in Northern Ireland, and therefore no official requirement for Irish versions of names for administrative or other purposes. Despite this, the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project (NIPNP), based in Queen’s University, Belfast (currently funded by the Northern Ireland Executive, conducts research on the origins of place names. This paper outlines the background and current state of place name research in Ireland in both jurisdictions, and highlights areas of overlap and future all-Ireland collaboration.

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