31.3602, Books: Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland: MacLeod, Smith-Christmas (eds.)

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:37:02
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland: MacLeod, Smith-Christmas (eds.)

 


Title: Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland 
Subtitle: The Revitalisation of an Endangered Language 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-gaelic-in-contemporary-scotland.html 


Editor: Marsaili MacLeod
Editor: Cassie Smith-Christmas

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474420679 Pages: 208 Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474420662 Pages: 208 Price: U.K. £ 75
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474420655 Pages: 208 Price: U.K. £ 75
Paperback: ISBN:  9781474474672 Pages: 208 Price: U.K. £ 19.99


Abstract:

New in Paperback - August 2020

New perspectives on the use and acquisition of a minority language

The 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 people, communities and organisations are ‘doing’ Gaelic, this
book explores the processes and patterns of Gaelic language acquisition, use
and management across four key spaces of interaction: the family, the
community, educational settings, and in organisations. The contributors adopt
an experiential approach to give voice to speakers in a diverse range of
communities, both geographically and socially, as the volume illustrates the
ways in which the use of Gaelic is changing in the context of increasingly
fragmented, networked communities.

Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland provides a range of critical perspectives on
existing models for minority language revitalisation and to introduce fresh
ideas for language revitalisation theory. Through its analysis of the
interconnections between, and differences within, Gaelic communities, this
collection challenges old understandings of the Gaelic community as a single
collective identity, making it an invaluable resource for students, lecturers
and researchers interested in questions of linguistic diversity, linguistic
minorities and language policy and planning.

*The first in-depth investigation of Gaelic based on sociolinguistic analysis
*Draws on the latest scholarship and expertise developed by the Soillse
research network for Gaelic revitalisation
*Offers fresh perspectives from notable early career scholars together with
internationally recognised experts in small language revitalization
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Gaelic, Scottish (gla)


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=149037




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