| Description |
1 online resource : maps |
| Contents |
Intro; GAELIC IN CONTEMPORARY SCOTLAND; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword: Assailed yet Resolute; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 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 Socio-demographic Profiles of Gaelic-medium Educated Adults6 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed Decmeber 03, 2018) |
| Subject |
Scottish Gaelic language -- Social aspects
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Linguistic minorities -- Scotland
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Endangered languages -- Scotland
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
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Endangered languages
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Linguistic minorities
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Scottish Gaelic language -- Social aspects
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Scotland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
MacLeod, Marsaili, editor
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Smith-Christmas, Cassie, 1984- editor
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| ISBN |
9781474420662 |
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1474420664 |
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9781474420679 |
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1474420672 |
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1474420656 |
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9781474420655 |
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