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Peer reviewedMate, Ian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Brings together the Census data from 1891 to 1991 on the numbers of Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh speakers in all part of the British Isles, with the exception of England. Concentrates on changes in the age structure of the Celtic-language-speaking populations as well as on the percentage of people speaking the language. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Foreign Countries, Irish
Peer reviewedO Riagain, Padraig – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Discusses strategies of social mobility involving education, occupational or residential change, and migration as well as the implications for language behavior of these strategies. The article assesses current theories of language maintenance and shift, drawing on network concepts and referring to change in an Irish-speaking community in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Census Figures, Change Strategies, Cultural Context
