UA Researchers Help Preserve Scottish Gaelic (fwd link)

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UA Researchers Help Preserve Scottish Gaelic

Andrew Carnie, a UA linguistics professor, is leading a team of researchers
on a project to analyze and document the use of Scottish Gaelic. The team
hopes their work will help Scottish and Scottish-American communities
working to preserve the language.

By La Monica Everett-Haynes, University Communications     July 29, 2010
USA

Scottish Gaelic, an endangered language, is predicted to fall out of use
within the century as a consequence of native speakers turning to English
instead.

And those concerned with preserving and advancing the use of Scottish Gaelic
face another dilemma – the lack of measures accurately stating what
constitutes normative Gaelic speech.

At the University of Arizona, Andrew Carnie is leading a team in an analysis
of Scottish Gaelic and its use among native speakers.

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