Conchúr Mag Eacháin
Cois Life 2014
ISBN 9-781907-494413
Lth/Pgs 246
Ríomhtar sa saothar seo scéal na téarmaíochta Gaeilge le linn na hAthbheochana go dtí 1927 nuair a chuir an Roinn Oideachais de Rialtas Shaorstát Éireann coiste téarmaíochta ar bun. Féachtar ar staid na téarmaíochta Gaeilge lena linn sin agus déantar iniúchadh ar an phlé a rinneadh faoi mhaoirseacht shaothrú na téarmaíochta maidir le coistí nó acadaimh téarmaíochta agus eile. Scrúdaítear seifteanna ceapadóireachta na téarmaíochta idir chumadóireacht agus iasacht, agus ról na teanga beo agus theanga na seanlitríochta i nuachóiriú an fhocalstóir Gaeilge. Breathnaítear ról agus stádas na Gaeilge mar theanga náisiúnta agus ar an tionchar a d’imir sé sin ar thuairimí phobal na Gaeilge i dtaobh na teanga agus na téarmaíochta féin. Tá réimse leathan de na hailt agus de na foinsí bunaidh curtha san áireamh sa saothar – rud a chuireann go mór le tuiscint an lae inniu ar mhórscéal seo na hAthbheochana.
This work gives an account of Irish-language terminology during the Revival until 1927 when the Department of Education of the Irish Free State established the terminology committee. It looks at the condition of Irish-language terminology during that period and examines the discussion that took place of how terminology work would be supervised in relation to committees or terminology academies and so forth. The techniques for the formulation of terms, from borrowing to neologizing, and the role of the spoken language and the language of old literature in the modernisation of the Irish vocabulary are examined. The role and status of Irish as a national language and its influence on the views of the Irish-language community regarding the language and terminology itself are also looked at. A wide range of the original articles and sources are included in the work – which greatly contributes to the modern understanding of the Revival.
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