Journal of Celtic Language Learning
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Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Celtic languages
ISBN :
The Celtic Languages
Author : Martin J. Ball
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 113685472X
Book Description
This comprehensive volume describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives, with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Organized for ease of reference, The Celtic Languages is arranged in four parts. The first, Historical Aspects, covers the origin and history of the Celtic languages, their spread and retreat, present-day distribution and a sketch of the extant and recently extant languages. Parts II and III describe the structural detail of each language, including phonology, mutation, morphology, syntax, dialectology and lexis. The final part provides wide-ranging sociolinguistic detail, such as areas of usage (in government, church, media, education, business), maintenance (institutional support offered), and prospects for survival (examination of demographic changes and how they affect these languages). Special Features: * Presents the first modern, comprehensive linguistic description of this important language family * Provides a full discussion of the likely progress of Irish, Welsh and Breton * Includes the most recent research on newly discovered Continental Celtic inscriptions
The Celtic Languages
Author : Donald MacAulay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 35,72 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521231275
Book Description
The only modern account to describe all surviving Celtic languages in detail.
Adult Minority Language Learning
Author : Colin J. Flynn
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 34,38 MB
Release : 2020-03-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1788927052
Book Description
This book examines the role of affective variables in the process of learning a minority language. It presents a comprehensive account of how adult learners’ attitude, motivation and identity are related to their awareness of, and commitment to, different dialects and varieties as target speech models. These issues are examined in the context of Irish, a minority language which does not have a standard spoken variety and where the vast majority of learners have no regular contact with native speakers. Using a mixed methods research approach, this study explores the relationships that exist between, on the one hand, learners’ attitudes towards the three main traditional dialects of Irish and non-traditional second language varieties, and on the other, their motivation and self-concept as second language learners.
Immersion Education
Author : Pádraig Ó Duibhir
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783099852
Book Description
The body of research in this volume offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of the minority language. Taking account of in-class and out-of-class factors, it examines the variety of Irish spoken by the pupils, the extent to which the Irish spoken deviates from native-speaker norms, the degree to which pupils are aware of and attempt to acquire a native-like variety and the extent to which issues of identity and motivation are involved. The results highlight the limitations of an immersion system in generating active and accurate users of the language outside the immersion setting and will help immersion educators to gain a greater understanding of how young immersion learners learn and acquire the target language. The findings are placed in the context of other one-way immersion programmes internationally with a particular focus on minority language settings, and make an important contribution not only to our understanding of the Irish issues, but how the Irish situation can be placed in a broader scholarly and socio-political context.
Support, Transmission, Education and Target Varieties in the Celtic Languages
Author : Noel Ó Murchadha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1351016253
Book Description
Like many languages across the globe, the Celtic languages today are experiencing varying degrees of minoritisation and revitalisation. The experience of the Celtic languages in the twenty-first century is characterised by language shift to English and French, but they have also been the focus of official and grassroots initiatives aimed at reinvigorating the minoritised languages. This modern reality is evident in the profile of contemporary users of the Celtic languages, in the type of variation that they practise, and in their views on Celtic language and society in the twenty-first century. In turn, this reality provides a challenge to preconceived ideas about what the Celtic languages are like and how they should be regarded and managed at local and global levels. This book aims to shed light on some of the main issues facing the Celtic languages into the future and to showcase different approaches to studying such contexts. It presents contributions interested in explicating the modern condition of the Celtic languages. It engages with attitudinal support for the Celtic languages, modes of language transmission, choosing educational models in minority settings, pedagogical approaches for language learners and perceptions of linguistic practices. These issues are considered within the context of language shift and revitalisation in the Celtic languages. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum.
Resources in Education
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Page : 328 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
The Celtic Languages
Author : Martin J. Ball
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 959 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1134100345
Book Description
The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the modern Celtic languages and their current sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages. This comprehensive volume is arranged in four parts. The first part offers a description of the typological aspects of the Celtic languages followed by a scene setting historical account of the emergence of these languages. Chapters devoted to Continental Celtic, Old and Middle Irish, and Old and Middle Welsh follow. Parts two and three are devoted to linguistic descriptions of the contemporary languages. Part two has chapters on Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx, while Part three covers Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Part four is devoted to the sociolinguistic situation of the four contemporary Celtic languages and a final chapter describes the status of the two revived languages Cornish and Manx. With contributions from a variety of scholars of the highest reputation, The Celtic Languages continues to be an invaluable tool for both students and teachers of linguistics, especially those with an interest in typology, language universals and the unique sociolinguistic position which the Celtic languages occupy. Dr Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor, and Director of the Hawthorne Research Center, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr Ball has over 120 academic publications. Among his books are The Use of Welsh, Mutation in Welsh, and Welsh Phonetics. Dr Nicole Müller is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among her books are Mutation in Welsh, and Agents in Early Irish and Early Welsh.
Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland
Author : Stuart S. Dunmore
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,15 MB
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1474443125
Book Description
The first in-depth assessment of language use and attitudinal perceptions among adults who received an immersion education in a minority language.
Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals
Author : Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 1783090146
Book Description
Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals presents innovative solutions for the evaluation of language abilities and proficiency in multilingual speakers – and by extension, the evaluation of their cognitive and academic abilities. This volume brings together researchers working in a variety of bilingual settings to discuss critical matters central to the assessment of bilingual children and adults. The studies include typically developing bilingual children, bilingual children who may be at risk for language impairments, bilingual and multilingual children and adults found in classrooms, and second-language learners in childhood and adulthood. The contributions propose a variety of ways of assessing performance and abilities in the face of the multiple issues that complicate the best interpretation of test performance.
