Language Ideological Debates in the Linguistic Landscape of an Irish Tourist Town

The Passive Exclusion of Irish in the Linguistic Landscape: A Nexus Analysis

“…In contrast to the present study, Moriarty's (2012) LL work was based in a town within the Gaeltacht, An Daingean (or in English: Dingle) although interestingly we are told that in reality, the community language is not Irish, but English. Moriarty's core setting was a wall known as 'The Dingle wall' consisting of 'bottom-up' or private texts which have been literally stuck on a wall in the town.…”

“…Many have noted the precarious status of the future of the language (for example, Hindley, 1990;Doyle, 2001;Ó Laoire, 2005Ó Laoire, , 2007Mac Giolla Chríost, 2006) and there is a general consensus that many Irish people tend to abandon the Irish language entirely, once they leave school (a major factor threatening the future of the language.) To our knowledge, only two other researchers have performed LL studies in the ROI (Kallen, 2009and Moriarty, 2012.…”

“…This interesting dichotomy of intentions behind the use of Irish brings into question the authenticity of the Irish that is included on the LL. Moreover, this contrasting interview data concerning tourists once again created a nexus point in our analysis which in turn allowed us to foreground other mediating discourses from the previous LL studies in the country which were reviewed above (Kallen, 2009 andMoriarty, 2012), both of which identify the role of tourism.…”

Language ideologies and literacy achievement: six multilingual countries and two international assessments

“…Further, language ideologies are rooted in rich, complex histories, which contribute to policies and practices that shape the LL for a given country (Marten, 2012;Moriarty, 2012;Pennycook, 2009;Puzey, 2012;Scollon & Scollon, 2003). This study is a largescale investigation of the effects of language-group membership on academic literacy performance for students in Israel, Norway, Finland, Canada, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.…”

“…Pennycook, 2009). More organised forms of resistance are exemplified in Moriarty's (2012) study, which examined reactions of the inhabitants of a small town in Ireland to a language policy that adopted an Irish version of the town's name, replacing Dingle with An Daingean. When Moriarty examined the bottom-up messages written and posted on the wall of a building located on a main street within the town, she found that the 'Dingle Wall', as it was known, became a space for locals to display their criticism of and enact their resistance to official language policies.…”