Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland : : The Revitalisation of an Endangered Language /

Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland : : The Revitalisation of an Endangered Language / / Marsaili MacLeod, Cassie Smith-Christmas.

New perspectives on the use and acquisition of a minority languageThe number of young people speaking Gaelic in Scotland is growing for the first time since Census records began but less than half of all Gaelic speakers use Gaelic in the home. This book sets out to explore why. Focusing on how peopl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
VerfasserIn:
MacLeod, Marsaili,
Smith-Christmas, Cassie,
MitwirkendeR:
Armstrong, Timothy,
Bell, Susan,
Birnie, Ingeborg,
Carty, Nicola,
Christmas, Cassie,
Dunbar, Robert,
Dunmore, Stuart,
MacLeod, Kirstie,
MacLeod, Marsaili,
Macleod, Michelle,
McConville, Mark,
McLeod, Wilson,
Munro, Gillian,
NicLeòid, Sìleas,
Taylor, Iain,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2018
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Contributors
  • 2. The Language of the Playground: Activists Building Consensus on the Language Policy and Ethos of a New Gaelic Immersion School
  • 3. Mismatches between National and Local Gaelic Development: Cròileagan Dùn Èideann and the Promotion of Gaelic-medium Education
  • 4. Gaelic amongst Schoolchildren: Ideas on Language Change and Linguistic Choices in Gaelic
  • 5. When School is Over and Done With: Linguistic Practices and Sociodemographic Profiles of Gaelic-medium Educated Adults
  • 6. New Speakers of Gaelic: A Historical and Policy Perspective
  • 7. Learning Gaelic in Adulthood: Second Language Learning in Minority Language Contexts
  • 8. Dlùth is Inneach: Charting Language Ideology in the Contemporary Gaelic World
  • 9. Gaelic Language Use in Public Domains
  • 10 Planning for Growth: The Professionalisation of the Taskforce for Gaelic Revitalisation
  • 11. Organisational Language Planning: Gaelic Language Plans in the Public Sector
  • 12. The Future of Gaelic Language Revitalisation in Scotland
  • Index

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