After numbers above 2, nouns are singular or plural depending on the language. But in Irish and Scottish some nouns must be singular and others plural, in a variety of dialectal patterns. Once the semantic basis underlying ...
This paper discusses the best way to deal with difference in the public sphere. The liberal public-private distinction focuses on control and relegates difference to the private. It is subject to the criticism that it is ...
It is true that, as is well known since Allan (1980), mass and count are best
seen as preferences rather than absolute values for lexical items; for instance,
clothes cannot be governed by a numeral, but it tolerates the ...
Feldman, Alice(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2003)
This paper explores the challenges posed by the ethnic diversification of contemporary Irish society for conventional understandings of and responses to issues of religion, community and politics. It argues that the ...
The challenge of dealing with diversity within democracy and of creating a new
political culture in a divided society is the starting point of this paper. Using theories of recognition, these questions are examined in ...
Nic Craith, Máiréad(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2001)
The Good Friday agreement gave an impetus to interest in the issue of cultural di-versity in contemporary Northern Ireland, extending to the issue of smaller language groups, such as Irish and Ulster Scots. While these two ...
Howard, Kevin(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2004)
Systems of ethnic monitoring are of fundamental importance in the context of policy commitments to improving the life-chances of minority ethnic groups. In effect, without a system of ethnic monitoring the targeting, ...
This paper examines the everyday lives of Northern Irish evangelicals since the Belfast Agreement of 1998. Drawing on more than 100 semi-structured interviews with evangelicals (conducted between 2002-2007), we explore the ...
Changes in collective categories of identity are at the core of social transformation. The causal linkages between identity change, institutional change and change in modes of practice are, however, complex. Developing and ...
Todd, Jennifer(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change, 2004)
Changes in collective categories of identity are at the core of social transformation. The
causal linkages between identity change, institutional change and change in modes of
practice are, however, complex. Developing ...