In seeking to understand the political projects underlying pedagogical choices, this article studies the reasons for and situated dynamics of the implementation of the “Rule of Irish” (or Riail na Gaeilge), which prohibits the use of English in Irish immersion language camps (“summer colleges”) set in Ireland's officially designated Irish‐speaking regions, the Gaeltacht. Despite the great difficulty imposing this rule on learners represents, its implantation has remained unquestioned since the development of the first summer colleges at the beginning of the 20th century. Combining ethnographic observations, the study of press articles published between 1901 and 1916, and the analysis of contemporary language policies, I show that the implementation of Riail na Gaeilge aims to provide students with an experience of the monolingual Irish place that the Gaeltacht has long been popularly and officially imagined as being. Riail na Gaeilge is thus not just a pedagogical tool but it also has a social function of consecrating the Gaeltacht as Irish‐speaking Ireland. The article traces how the Gaeltacht was created and has been maintained through Riail na Gaeilge and explores the political reasons underlying this institutionalization.

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通过语言规则创造场所：“爱尔兰规则”的历史和人种学视角

为了寻求理解教学选择的政治项目，本文研究了“爱尔兰规则”（或Riail na Gaeilge）实施的原因和动态，该规则禁止在爱尔兰的沉浸式语言训练营中使用英语（“暑期大学”）设置在爱尔兰官方指定的讲爱尔兰语的地区Gaeltacht。尽管将这一规则强加于学习者所代表的困难，但是自20世纪初第一所暑期大学的发展以来，它的植入一直没有受到质疑。结合人种学的观察，对1901年至1916年之间发表的新闻报道的研究以及对当代语言政策的分析，我证明了Riail na Gaeilge的实施旨在为学生提供Gaeltacht长期以来一直被正式和正式想象为爱尔兰语的一种语言体验。因此，Riail na Gaeilge不仅是一种教学工具，而且还具有将盖尔塔赫特奉献为讲爱尔兰语的爱尔兰的社会功能。该文章追溯了Gaeltacht的创建方式，并通过Riail na Gaeilge对其进行了维护，并探讨了这种制度化背后的政治原因。