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Publication details [#35765]

Blake, Mary and Nick Ellis. 1991. Parental attitudes towards the Welsh language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 12 (4) : 239–251.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | language and culture | language attitude

Language as a subject

Welsh

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study examines attitudes of Welsh and English speaking parents towards the Welsh language. A generally favourable attitude was found, with cultural reasons being the strongest motivations for Welsh speaking parents and practical considerations being the strongest motivations for English speaking parents.