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Publication details [#36228]

Browne, Donald R. 1992. Raidió na Gaeltachta: Reviver, preserver or swan song of the Irish language? European Journal of Communication 7 (3) : 415–433.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

first language teaching | language and culture | language attitude | language revival | radio

Language as a subject

English | Irish

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0267-3231

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper sketches the development of the first fully Irish radio service, Raidió na Gaeltachta (RNG), established in 1972, and discusses its role in the preservation and spread of the Irish language. It is argued that cultural dependency might in the long-run force the RNG to allow some use of English.