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The plight of three Celtic languages - Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic : what can be done to rescue them? / Keith Hamnett ; foreword by Kennith MacKinnon. [electronic resource]
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamnett, Keith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Celtic languages.
- Ireland--Languages.
- Wales--Languages.
- Scotland--Languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 246 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study examines the current situation of the Celtic languages in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It demonstrates how, over a significant period of time, they shifted under pressure from the domination of English from monolingualism to bilingualism.
- Contents:
- 20120224143323044
- The Plight of Three Celtic Lang
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Commendatory Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Aims, Objectives &
- Methodology
- Chapter 2 - The Irish Language
- Chapter 3 - Gaelic in Scotland
- Chapter 4 - The Welsh Language
- Chapter 5 - What Lessons can be Learned ?
- Appendix 1 - Interviews with Leading Politicians in the devolved administrations.
- Appendix 2 - Correspondence.
- Appendix 3 - Discography.
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-2051-7
- OCLC:
- 779165257
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