Bernadette O'Rourke

Bernadette O'Rourke
Bernadette Ní Ruairc
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)professor, linguist
Academic background
Alma materDublin City University
ThesisAttitudes towards minority languages: an investigation of young people's attitudes towards Irish and Galician (2005)
Doctoral advisorBill Richardson
Academic work
DisciplineSociolinguistics
Sub-disciplineMinority language
InstitutionsHeriot-Watt University

Bernadette O'Rourke (also known as Bernie O'Rourke) is an Irish linguist from County Clare. She is currently Professor of Sociolinguistics and Hispanic Studies at the University of Glasgow and is a specialist in the construction of difference through language and social inequalities. Her research focuses on "neophones" or new speakers of minority languages such as Irish Gaelic and Galician. She has also published and commented on the assumptions of monolinguism in Great Britain, particularly in the context of Brexit, public policy related to minority languages in Ireland, the UK, and Europe.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Language skills are critical to success in a post-Brexit world Bernadette O'Rourke". The Times (London, England): 30. 2017-06-09. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  2. ^ "Census shows we must rethink our approach to Irish and the Gaeltacht". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. ^ "A new way to attract tourists: fake accents and dying languages". Quartz. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  4. ^ Concubhar (2018-04-26). "The authority to speak, linquistic intolerance, anonymity and monolingual regimes". Slugger O'Toole. Retrieved 2022-11-20.