Views of Place, Views of Irishness

Davide Mazzi is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research activity lies at the intersection of discourse analysis, corpus linguistics and argumentation studies. In particular, his research interests have concentrated on legal, academic, healthcare and news discourse, which he has explored mainly in an Irish context. His recent publications include The Theoretical Background and Practical Implications of Argumentation in Ireland (2016).

• CONTENTS: Journalism in Ireland - Historical news analysis: An overview - Materials and methods - «… a strange race of friendly beings …»: The representation of the Gaeltacht in the Irish press - «Many are the legends …»: On the intersection of place and history in Éirnews texts - «Our grand old Celtic tongue …»: The Gaeltacht as the repository of the Irish language.

«This is an outstanding contribution to the blossoming history of journalism in Ireland. Expertly researched, it draws the often-isolated coverage of the Gaeltacht into the historical mainstream, indicating very real connections to the emergence of the modern Irish state and the role of the representation of Ireland and its Irish-speaking heritage within that nexus. Its discursive approach, fusing qualitative and corpus linguistics, is excellently matched with its ambition to explore the shaping of attitudes towards the region, its language and its journalism.» (Martin Conboy, Professor of Journalism History, University of Sheffield, UK)