Language Policy and Social Reproduction: Ireland 1893-1993

by Pádraig Ó Riagáin and Padraig O. Riagain

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198235186
• ISBN13: 9780198235187
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"