The efficacy of unitary and polynomic models of standardisation in minority language contexts: Ideological, pragmatic and pedagogical issues in the standardisation of Irish
Citation:
Ó Murchadha, N., The efficacy of unitary and polynomic models of standardisation in minority language contexts: Ideological, pragmatic and pedagogical issues in the standardisation of Irish, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 37, 2, 2016, 199 - 215Download Item:
Abstract:
Although traditional, unitary models of language standardisation have been prominent in minority languages, it is contended that this approach reproduces dominant language hierarchies and hegemonies, diminishes linguistic diversity and marginalises speakers who do not conform to prestige models. The polynomic model has been described as an alternative that is possibly more efficacious in minority language maintenance, revitalisation and revival. Focusing on the codification of written Irish, this article assesses the efficacy of unitary and polynomic models of codification. The Irish context offers a rich locus for the study of these issues, owing to the long-standing presence there of conflicting ideologies of uniformity and plurality with regard to codification of the written variety. These conflicting orientations are manifest in the development of the 1958 unitary written standard, in a recent review of this standard for writing, and in the rejection of this review in favour of a more unitary model. The article demonstrates that many ideological, pragmatic, pedagogical and political obstacles inhibit the effectiveness of standardisation efforts in minority language situations, whether efforts are based on unitary or polynomic principles.
URI:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01434632.2015.1053811http://hdl.handle.net/2262/89751
Author's Homepage:
http://people.tcd.ie/murchadnDescription:
PUBLISHED
Author: O Murchadha, Noel
Type of material:
Journal ArticleURI:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01434632.2015.1053811http://hdl.handle.net/2262/89751
Collections
Series/Report no:
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development;37;
2;
Availability:
Full text availableKeywords:
Irish language, Gaeilge, Minority languages, Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Language revitalisation, Language shift, Language vitalitySubject (TCD):
Identities in Transformation , Applied Linguistics , Celtic Linguistics , Folk Linguistics , Linguistics , SOCIOLINGUISTICSDOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2015.1053811Metadata
Show full item recordLicences:
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Metalinguistic knowledge in instructed second language acquisition: A theoretical model and its application in computer-mediated communicationi
O'ROURKE, BREFFNI (University of Dublin, Trinity CollegeTrinity College Dublin, 2003)This thesis has three interrelated aims: (1) to elaborate a model of instructed second language acquisition (SLA) that brings together insights from cognitive research in second language acquisition and from the developmental ... -
Examining the effectiveness of an embedded language education programme for international health science students in an Irish university
Kelly, Helen Margaret (Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2023)This study examines the effectiveness of an embedded language programme for international English as an Additional Language (EAL), health science students studying on a medicine or physiotherapy degree at an Irish university. ... -
Computer-mediated communication in Chinese as a second language learning: needs analysis of adolescent learners of Chinese at beginner level in Ireland
Devitt, Ann; WANG, MENGDI; Bauer, Ciaran (Research-publishing.net, 2019)Ireland’s new strategy for foreign language education, Languages Connect, identifies the establishment of Mandarin Chinese as a curricular language as a key goal for the coming years. Within the curriculum specification ...