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Publication details [#64744]
Nic Giolla Mhichíl, Mairéad, Theo Lynn and Pierangelo Rosati. 2018. Twitter and the Irish language, #Gaeilge – agents and activities: exploring a data set with micro-implementers in social media. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 39 (10) : 868–881.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study explores who is involved in agentic-activities relating to the Irish language on Twitter, using Twitter data and straining it employing the linguistic identifiers, ‘Gaeilge’ and the word ‘Gaeilge’ (Irish language). Tweets with these identifiers are conceptually regarded as formulations of agentic practice relative to language (Sabatier, P. [2007]). Especially individuals who employ the Gaeilge identifier are considered within this study as micro-implementers. Their communications supply partial insight into agentic activities specifically within the Twittersphere, linked to and about the Irish language.