ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|42 pages
Background
part 2|118 pages
Locating the living language
chapter Chapter nine|24 pages
Nua-Ghaeltachtai? New Gaeltachts? Irish in the Galltacht/English-speaking Ireland
part 3|94 pages
Can Irish Survive?