TY - BOOK ID - 77919035 TI - "Talkin' different" : linguistic diversity and the Irish traveller minority AU - O'Sullivan, Joan. AU - Ó hAodha, Mícheál. PY - 2008 SN - 1282413996 9786612413995 1443814784 9781443814782 9781847185204 1847185207 PB - Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Oral communication KW - Language and languages KW - Teenage girls KW - Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) KW - Irish Travelers (Nomadic people) KW - Irish Travelling People (Nomadic people) KW - Travelers, Irish (Nomadic people) KW - Travellers, Irish (Nomadic people) KW - Travelling People, Irish (Nomadic people) KW - Nomads KW - Adolescent girls KW - Female adolescents KW - Girls KW - Teenagers KW - Characterology of speech KW - Language diversity KW - Language subsystems KW - Language variation KW - Linguistic diversity KW - Variation in language KW - Oral transmission KW - Speech communication KW - Verbal communication KW - Communication KW - Variation. KW - Education KW - Language. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77919035 AB - 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... ER -