The Death Of The Irish Language (bradford Studies In European Politics Series)

Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention. He puts Irish into a broader European context as a European minority language, and assesses its present position and prospects. Using extensive field surves to locate the surviving language 'pockets', the author explores the reasons for the language's decline - historical, economic, political and cultural - and puts it into the context of other languages. Reg Hindley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 297-324) And Index.