The Irish and their Language

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Offered every other spring. This course will examine the fortunes of the language from the earliest records to the present day. Students will consult the native record as well as the writings of the English invader. Their study will include an examination of the language and the worldview it presented - a worldview at variance with that of the English. They will learn about the role of the Irish of America in the movement to preserve and revive the language; and they will come to understand how the language we use not only unites us as a group, but also provides a philosophical foundation for our understand of the world.