TY - JOUR
T1 - Contesting language ideologies in the linguistic landscape of an Irish tourist town
AU - Moriarty, Máiréad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2013.
PY - 2014/10/11
Y1 - 2014/10/11
N2 - This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of a tourist town named Dingle located in the Southwest of Ireland. Building on recent theorizing in LL studies, where a discourse-analytical approach to LL data is promoted, the study uncovers a number of contesting language ideologies that circulate in the LL of Dingle. The contest involves two key actors, namely the State and the local community, who promote a number of discourse frames that show contesting language ideologies. On the one hand the State promotes an Andersonesque (Anderson, 1983) modernist ideology of ‘one Nation one language’, where Dingle is a key space where such an ideology can be safeguarded. While, on the other hand, local people promote a postmodernist ideology of multilingualism, in which the value of the Irish language is part of a wider bi/multilingual repertoire. This suggests that the LL can be viewed as a dynamic space that is significant in indexing and performing language ideologies that are continually being contested and renegotiated.
AB - This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of a tourist town named Dingle located in the Southwest of Ireland. Building on recent theorizing in LL studies, where a discourse-analytical approach to LL data is promoted, the study uncovers a number of contesting language ideologies that circulate in the LL of Dingle. The contest involves two key actors, namely the State and the local community, who promote a number of discourse frames that show contesting language ideologies. On the one hand the State promotes an Andersonesque (Anderson, 1983) modernist ideology of ‘one Nation one language’, where Dingle is a key space where such an ideology can be safeguarded. While, on the other hand, local people promote a postmodernist ideology of multilingualism, in which the value of the Irish language is part of a wider bi/multilingual repertoire. This suggests that the LL can be viewed as a dynamic space that is significant in indexing and performing language ideologies that are continually being contested and renegotiated.
KW - Irish
KW - Linguistic landscape
KW - discursive frames
KW - mobility
KW - tourist domain
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U2 - 10.1177/1367006913484209
DO - 10.1177/1367006913484209
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908670043
SN - 1367-0069
VL - 18
SP - 464
EP - 477
JO - International Journal of Bilingualism
JF - International Journal of Bilingualism
IS - 5
ER -