The use of Irish in networked communications: A study of schoolchildren in different language settings

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-101

  Fleming, Aisling ^a   Debski, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irish; Language maintenance; Networked communications; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249155509     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jmmd455.1     Document Type: Article

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