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Linguistic Elitism: the Advantage of Speaking Irish Rather than the Irish-speaker Advantage
Date Issued
2011
Date Available
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Abstract
This paper contributes to the discussion of linguistic elitism in this journal (Borooah et al., 2009). Two main questions are addressed. First, most 'census Irish speakers' are not in fact Irish speakers and the majority of Irish speakers proper are not a coherent group. Second, the Irish language is part of the cultural capital which can be acquired by people with an 'advantage'. The argument is made that people with an advantage are more likely to speak Irish rather than Irish speakers being more likely to have an advantage.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
The Economic and Social Review
Journal
The Economic and Social Review
Volume
42
Issue
4
Start Page
437
End Page
454
Copyright (Published Version)
2011 the authors
Keywords
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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