Open AccessLinguistic Identites in Post-Conflict Societies
Author(s) -
Freya Stancombe-Taylor
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anthropological journal of european cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1755-2931
pISSN - 1755-2923
DOI - 10.3167/ajec.2019.280208
Subject(s) - ethnocentrism , politics , linguistics , identity (music) , perspective (graphical) , narrative , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , aesthetics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article assesses the identity politics of language in post-conflict Northern Ireland, where language debates at a political level have been encased in questions of identity. However, despite the continued existence of ethnocentric narratives around language, opportunities have emerged for individuals to cross linguistic barriers and challenge the perspective that certain languages ‘belong’ to certain communities.