Irish monks in medieval times were bilingual - Research on Code-switching

In her PhD thesis Nike Stam (Celtic Languages and Culture, Utrecht University) analysed bilingualism in texts by medieval Irish scribes. It appears that code-switching in medieval Irish texts may be both a functional communicative device and an unconscious expression of bilingual identity.
Video produced by Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University (Femke Niehof), 31 May 2017.
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