Poem

Teannas Teanga

Title Teannas Teanga
Author Liam Ó hÁinle

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Goin Ocrais 1999 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2007
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Goin Ocrais
Date of Publication 1999
Publisher An Clóchomhar Teoranta (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 80
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of the poem reflects on his efforts to speak properly to the school children under his care - trying to avoid 'false friends' in the language, or ambiguity in his speech. There is a mention of the diglossia of post colonial countries in the poem - the beloved native language of Zambia, Nyanja, and the 'national language', English.
Is bunachar beo é seo. Entries continue to be updated.