Language Policy and Social Reproduction: Ireland 1893-1993

by Pïdraig ï O'Riagïin

Overview

During the nineteenth century, Irish-speaking communities declined almost to the point of extinction. But in 1922 the new Irish state launched a broad strategy to re-establish Irish as a national language. This book looks at that policy and its impact over the last seventy years. Pádraig Ó Riagáin focuses not only on the evolving structure of bilingualism in Ireland but also on the process of bilingual reproduction. His analysis is based on a series of language surveys conducted between 1973 and 1993.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198235187
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/10/1997
Series:	Oxford Studies in Language Contact
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.92(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

Institiuid Teangeolaiochta Eireann (The Linguistics Institute of Ireland)

Editorial Reviews

"This is an interesting, challenging contribution to studies of language policy and language planning in general, as well as to our understanding of Irish-English bilingualism in Ireland....The book thus contributes to the development of hypotheses about the fate of linguistic minorities in the modern world...This is a first glimmer of the rethinking that needs to be done."—American Journal of Sociology

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