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]

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:

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• 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