Language Shift and the Politics of Language: The Case of the Celtic Languages of the British Isles.

Agnew, John A.

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Publication Date: 1981

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Language Shift and the Politics of Language: The Case of the Celtic Languages of the British Isles.

Agnew, John A.

Language Problems & Language Planning, v5 n1 p1-10 Spr 1981

Argues that language shift appears to correlate highly with the development or nondevelopment of political movements based on language issues. Three major Celtic languages are described to illustrate this: Scottish Gaelic, Irish, and Welsh. Degree of politicalness of language issues seems to correlate inversely with the rate of language shift. (Author/PJM)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Indo European Languages, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Political Attitudes, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Welsh

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ireland; United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales)

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