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Programme: accepted abstracts

Abstract ID: 1137

Part of Session 180: New Speakers in the City (Other abstracts in this session)

The role of new speakers as (re)presented in Irish language documentary film.

Authors: Ni Dhuill, Eilis
Submitted by: Ni Dhuill, Eilis (NUIG, Ireland)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of new speakers as (re)presented in Irish language documentary film. To do this, I will carry out a close textual reading of the documentary series Bibeanna. This documentary series, broadcast on TG4, looks at the everyday life of the women of the Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, their traditions and customs, their place within society.

In examining the varieties of language used by the new speakers, I will develop a typology of speakers, as presented in Bibeanna. I will then examine the social practices of these speakers, as depicted in the documentary series.  I will explore how these new speakers contribute to the narrative, thereby determining their role as new speakers within this society.

This research is an effort to better understand the relationsip between native and non-native speakers of Irish in an effort to explore how these groups could better work together. In doing so, it is hoped that this research will contribute to the wider discourse of the social and linguistic positioning of minority language speakers.