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The social identity of Welsh learners1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Carol S. Trosset
Carol S. Trosset
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Department of AnthropologyUniversity of Texas at Austin
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Abstract

The process of the attempted acquisition of spoken Welsh by English speakers in Wales is examined ethnographically in relation to the native association of Welsh-language speech with a Welsh cultural identity. Perceptions of Welsh learners by members of other linguistic groups reveal the symbolic significance of the learning of a minority language. The status of learners as verbal performers is investigated, together with the psychological impact of that status and of the ambiguity of the learners' identity on the learning process. (Bilingualism, language learning, Wales/Welsh)

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Language in Society , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 165 - 191
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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