Introduction; The acquisition of Celtic languages as a paradigm for addressing current issues in bilingualism and (minority) language development Vicky Chondrogianni, Ciara O'Toole and Enlli Thomas; Part I. The Socio-Educational Context: 1. The acquisition of Scottish Gaelic: sociolinguistic and policy dimensions Wilson McLeod; 2. Sociocultural and educational aspects of Irish language acquisition Padraig Ó Duibhir and Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin; 3. Sociolinguistic aspects of children's Welsh Peredur Webb-Davies; Part II. Acquisition of Phonology and Phonetics: 4. The acquisition of Scottish Gaelic phonology Claire Nance; 5. Acquisition of Irish phonology Nicole Müller and Martin J.

Ball; 6. Acquisition of Welsh phonology Robert Mayr, Ronwen Lewis and Jonathan Morri; Part III. Acquisition of Vocabulary: 7. The acquisition and processing of Scottish Gaelic vocabulary Vicky Chondrogianni; 8. The acquisition of Irish vocabulary Ciara O'Toole; 9. The count and beyond: vocabulary knowledge in Welsh bilinguals Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole; Part IV. Acquisition of Morphology and Syntax: 10.

The acquisition of Scottish Gaelic morphology and syntax Vicky Chondrogianni and Morag Donaldson; 11. The acquisition of Irish morphosyntax Tina M. Hickey and Thea Cameron-Faulkner; 12. The acquisition of Welsh morphosyntax Enlli Thomas, Hanna Binks and Si'n Lloyd-Williams; 13. Concluding remarks on the acquisition of Celtic languages: implications and future directions Vicky Chondrogianni, Ciara O'Toole and Enlli Thomas; Index.