An Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language

The current paper investigates the construction of nationhood in the Irish language through the use of a Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) looking at terms coding identity in the Irish language. Using the New Corpus for Ireland the terms Gael, Gaelach and Éireannach were analysed for freque...

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Autor principal:	Shane Forde
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Publicado:	The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 2021
Materias:	Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) semantics nationhood Irish language Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:afe20b4bcb3949bc866506a038bcd4732021-11-27T16:07:20ZAn Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language0332-205X2565-6325https://doaj.org/article/afe20b4bcb3949bc866506a038bcd4732021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/611https://doaj.org/toc/0332-205Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2565-6325 The current paper investigates the construction of nationhood in the Irish language through the use of a Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) looking at terms coding identity in the Irish language. Using the New Corpus for Ireland the terms Gael, Gaelach and Éireannach were analysed for frequency of occurrence, semantic prosody and semantic preference in the corpus. Furthermore a collocation analysis of each of the terms was carried out. Through the use of these analytical techniques insight was gathered into the contextual usage of these terms. These insights were analysed through the prism of Kolakowski’s (1995) criteria for the establishment of a nation in order to ascertain whether the usage of these terms reflected the conceptualisation of speakers’ nationhood in terms of a separate and unique national identity. Findings showed evidence of a distinct national spirit, historical memory and a national body among Irish-language speakers, three of Kolakowski’s criteria. While evidence surrounding Kolakowski’s other criteria of a nameable beginning and an orientation to, and consciousness of, the future may be drawn from the findings, ultimately more work is needed to more rigorously establish that these criteria have been met. Shane FordeThe Irish Association for Applied LinguisticsarticleCorpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA)semanticsnationhoodIrish languagePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENGAGDTeanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics , Vol 28 (2021)
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topic	Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) semantics nationhood Irish language Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) semantics nationhood Irish language Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Shane Forde An Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language
description	The current paper investigates the construction of nationhood in the Irish language through the use of a Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis (CADA) looking at terms coding identity in the Irish language. Using the New Corpus for Ireland the terms Gael, Gaelach and Éireannach were analysed for frequency of occurrence, semantic prosody and semantic preference in the corpus. Furthermore a collocation analysis of each of the terms was carried out. Through the use of these analytical techniques insight was gathered into the contextual usage of these terms. These insights were analysed through the prism of Kolakowski’s (1995) criteria for the establishment of a nation in order to ascertain whether the usage of these terms reflected the conceptualisation of speakers’ nationhood in terms of a separate and unique national identity. Findings showed evidence of a distinct national spirit, historical memory and a national body among Irish-language speakers, three of Kolakowski’s criteria. While evidence surrounding Kolakowski’s other criteria of a nameable beginning and an orientation to, and consciousness of, the future may be drawn from the findings, ultimately more work is needed to more rigorously establish that these criteria have been met.
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title	An Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language
title_short	An Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language
title_full	An Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language
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An Náisiúin Gaelach: Questions of Identity and Nationalism in the Irish Language

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