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ERIC Number: EJ181714
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1977
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Language Shift and Education: Conservation of Ethnolinguistic Culture amongst Schoolchildren of a Gaelic Community
MacKinnon, Kenneth M.
Linguistics, 198, 31-55, Oct 77
The small size and peripheral geographical location of the Gaelic speech community in the northwest of Scotland and the Hebrides are discussed as the two most important factors resulting in a lack of development in the concept and practice of bilingual education within the community's schools. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Ethnolinguistics, Language Maintenance, Sociolinguistics
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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