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. P�draig � Riag�in 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.
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"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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Padraig O Riagain is a Research Professor in the Sociology of Language at Institiuid Teangeolaiochta Eireann (The Linguistics Institute of Ireland).
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In the early part of the twentieth century Irish was spoken by less than 18 percent of the population, and as in many of the indigenous minority language communities in Europe, these speakers were situated mainly in the western peripheral regions of the state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bilingual reproduction, joint ability levels, home bilingualism, national language survey, bilingual patterns, linguistic habitus, community bilingualism, language revival movement, native speaker ability, language reproduction, competent bilinguals, proportion achieving, few simple sentences, language use patterns, census evidence, linguistic market, immersion education, interpersonal use, boundary revision, language shift, language policy, married respondents, bilingual policy, language maintenance, attitudinal statements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Census of Population, Corca Dhuibhne, Leaving Certificate, Gaeltacht Commission, Gaelic League, Galway City, Galway Gaeltacht, One High, Intermediate Certificate, Neither High, Department of Education, District Electoral Divisions, Home Rule, Galway Rural, Irish Language Attitudes Research, National University of Ireland, Central Statistics Office, Dispensary Districts, White Paper, Advisory Planning Committee, Dublin County Borough, Galway Urban, Mount Bellew, Nic Ghiolla, Institidid Teangeolaiochta New!
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In the early part of the twentieth century Irish was spoken by less than 18 percent of the population, and as in many of the indigenous minority language communities in Europe, these speakers were situated mainly in the western peripheral regions of the state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bilingual reproduction, joint ability levels, home bilingualism, national language survey, bilingual patterns, linguistic habitus, community bilingualism, language revival movement, native speaker ability, language reproduction, competent bilinguals, proportion achieving, few simple sentences, language use patterns, census evidence, linguistic market, immersion education, interpersonal use, boundary revision, language shift, language policy, married respondents, bilingual policy, language maintenance, attitudinal statements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Census of Population, Corca Dhuibhne, Leaving Certificate, Gaeltacht Commission, Gaelic League, Galway City, Galway Gaeltacht, One High, Intermediate Certificate, Neither High, Department of Education, District Electoral Divisions, Home Rule, Galway Rural, Irish Language Attitudes Research, National University of Ireland, Central Statistics Office, Dispensary Districts, White Paper, Advisory Planning Committee, Dublin County Borough, Galway Urban, Mount Bellew, Nic Ghiolla, Institidid Teangeolaiochta New!
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- Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu in Back Matter, and Index
- Atlas of Ireland by Joseph Houghton in Front Matter
- REGIONAL ECONOMICS by Harry W. Richardson in Back Matter
- Shaping the Future: Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland 2025 by Regional Development Strategy in Back Matter
- The Ruling Trinity: A Community Study of Church, State and Business in Ireland by Chris Eipper in Back Matter
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