TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B
Summary
The Irish Travellers are one of Ireland's oldest minorities, a minority who have frequently lived on the margins of the ""majority"" or settled community. This volume explores linguistic change amongst this cultural group Other a particular focus on the influence of the educational system. This book analyses whether increased attendance by young Traveller women in secondary education is influencing long-term change in linguistic usage and speech patterns. The tendency for convergence/non-converg ..
