Wars of words
Subtitle: the politics of language in Ireland, 1537-2004
By: Tony Crowley.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780199273430
Subjects: Irish language -- Political aspects -- Ireland.; Language policy -- Ireland -- History.
Description: "Wars of Words offers a reading of the crucial role language has played in Ireland's political history. It concludes by arguing that the Belfast Agreement's recognition that languages are 'part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland', will be central to the social development of the Republic and Northern Ireland. The final chapter analyses the way in which contemporary poets have used Gaelic, Hiberno-English, Ulster-English, and Ulster-Scots as vehicles for the various voices that demand to be heard in the new societies on both sides of the border."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-233) and index.