Globalizing Language Policy and Planning An Irish Language Perspective

Through an examination of the Irish language context this volume examines the changing value and function of minority languages and what this may mean for future efforts to revive the Irish language. It provides an account of four sites of minority language use including television, comedy, Hip Hop, and tourism. Each of these sites represents domains in which the use of Irish has changed significantly as a consequence of processes of globalization. Through an examination of these four areas, it becomes clear that they offer transgressive spaces for minority language ideologies and use.

Máiréad Moriarty is a Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and New Media at the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research interests lie in the field of multilingualism and in minority language policy and planning and she has published widely on these themes.

1. Setting the Scene
2. Globalization and Minority Language Planning and Policy
3. The Irish Language in Globalization
4. Site 1: Media, LPP and Globalization
5. Site 2: Comedy, LPP and Globalization
6. Site 3: Hip Hop, LPP and Globalization
7. Site 4: Tourism, LPP and Globalization

8. Concluding Remarks: Globalizing LPP