Fwd: 23.3101, Support: Gaelic, Scottish; Sociolinguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, UK

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

FYI - Two positions in Scottish Gaelic sociolinguists are available from the University of Glasgow.

Elizabeth


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> Subject: 23.3101, Support: Gaelic, Scottish; Sociolinguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, UK
> Date: July 18, 2012 10:44:06 AM EDT
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> Subject: 23.3101, Support: Gaelic, Scottish; Sociolinguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, UK
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:44:03
> From: Rob O Maolalaigh [Roibeard.OMaolalaigh at glasgow.ac.uk]
> Subject: Gaelic, Scottish; Sociolinguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, UK
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> Institution/Organization: University of Glasgow 
> Department: Celtic & Gaelic 
> Web Address: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/celtic/ 
> 
> Level: PhD 
> 
> Duties: Research
> 
> Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics 
> Scottish Gaelic 
> Required Language(s): Gaelic, Scottish (gla)
> 
> Description:
> 
> Applications are encouraged in relation to one or both of the following two research 
> topics:
> 
> (a) Urban Gaelic Communities and Gaelic Strategic Development
> 
> This research will endeavour to assess in detail how urban Scottish Gaelic 
> communities can be conceptualised, described and understood, how they function, 
> who participates in them and who does not, and how speakers locate Gaelic within 
> their lives in a predominantly non-Gaelic environment. The project will involve a close 
> study of at least one well-developed urban Gaelic community, ideally Glasgow.  In 
> particular, the research will place emphasis on assessing how and in what ways 
> initiatives to promote Gaelic may help strengthen these urban communities as part of 
> a broader revitalisation strategy for Gaelic.
> 
> (b) Gaelic in the Media: Social Discourses and Effects on Sociolinguistic Change
> 
> This research will primarily be a sociolinguistic study of the use of Scottish Gaelic in 
> the media and its effects on sociolinguistic change. It will investigate the various 
> social discourses which surround the use of Gaelic in the media, including concepts 
> such as 'Middle of the Minch Gaelic' and dichotomies such as 'domestic Gaelic' vs. 
> 'BBC Gaelic', 'traditional Gaelic' vs. 'new Gaelic', 'good Gaelic' vs. 'bad Gaelic'. As 
> well as describing key trends in usage and speaker's views on these, this study will 
> also consider the implications of these for Gaelic language acquisition (including 
> school education) policy, usage in Gaelic communities as well as the media, usage in 
> 'official' contexts and other aspects of status and usage planning. 
> 
> Application Deadline: 16-Aug-2012 
> 
> Mailing Address for Applications:
> 	Attn: Professor Rob O Maolalaigh 
> 	Celtic & Gaelic, School of Humanities 
> 	3 University Gardens 
> 	Glasgow G12 8QQ 
> 	United Kingdom 
> 	
> Web Address for Applications: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_237849_en.pdf 
> 
> Contact Information: 
> 	Professor Rob O Maolalaigh 
> 	Roibeard.OMaolalaigh at glasgow.ac.uk  
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