International Journal of Bilingual
Education and Bilingualism
Editor: Colin Baker, University of Wales, Bangor
Review Editor: Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University, Philadelpia
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Volume: 3 Number: 1 Page: 44–56
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Bilingualism and Number in Wales
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Gareth Roberts
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Speakers of Welsh in Wales have a number of systems available to them when they refer to numbers. The choice of system by individuals is determined by a mixture of historical and social factors. The systems
are explained and their use is compared within different domains, including religion, broadcasting and the media, education, business and commerce and everyday conversational contexts. The notion of mathematical
multilingualism is explored within this framework.
© Multilingual Matters 2000
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