Publications

Publication details [#18034]

Wright, Sue, ed. 1995. Language and the state: Israel and Ireland. Multilingual Matters.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

L2-acquisition | language revival | language shift

Language as a subject

Hebrew | Irish | Maori

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Despite its title, this volume deals with small-language revitalization in Israel, Ireland and Maori New Zealand. This revitalization is considered a multiplicative restoration via renewed transmission within the home, a special case of second language learning.

Reviewed by

Dorian, Nancy C. 1998. Review of $Language and the state: Israel and Ireland.