Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
academic in the area of
linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
.
Life
Born and raised in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, Mac Giolla Chríost became a lecturer in the School of Welsh at
Cardiff University
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in 2004. As of 2016 he is a Reader there and a member of the School's Research Unit on Language, Policy and Planning. He is a native of Ireland and an authority on linguistic minorities and language planning, and, in particular, the situation of the Irish language. He is now a professor at the university.
Selected bibliography
Articles
* "''Implementing political agreement in Northern Ireland: Planning issues for Irish language policy"'' (2001).
*''"The Language Question"'' (2009).
*''"Linguistic Diversity and the City: Some Reflections, and a Research Agenda"'' (2008).
*''"Irish gets out of jail"'' (2008).
* "''A language of our own"'' (2008).
* "The origins of "the Jailtacht" (2010).
Books
* ''Language, identity and conflict: a comparative study of language in ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia'', Routledge, London, 2003.
* ''The Irish language in Ireland: from Goídel to globalisation'', Routledge, London, 2005.
* ''Language and the city. Language and Globalization'' Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2007.
* ''Jailtacht: the Irish language, symbolic power and political violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008'', Cardiff, 2012.
* ''The Welsh Language Commissioner in context: roles, methods and relationships'', Cardiff, 2012
References
External links
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Linguists from Ireland
Irish-language writers
21st-century Irish writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academics of Cardiff University