The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community
This book is the result of the most comprehensive sociolinguistic survey of the state of Gaelic in the vernacular communities ever conducted, the Islands Gaelic Research Project (IGRP). The IGRP, undertaken at the University of the Highlands and Islands, provides in-depth analysis of the use and transmission of Scottish Gaelic as a communal language in the Western Isles, in Staffin in the Isle of Skye and in the Isle of Tiree in Argyll and Bute.
- About the Book
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Census Analysis
- Chapter 3: Survey of Preschool Children's Language Ability and Use
- Chapter 4: Survey of Language Use Among Teenage Pupils in Western Isles
- Chapter 5: Community Sociolinguistic Survey of Gaelic Use and Attitudes in Three Islands
- Chapter 6: Ability, Household Practices and Speaker Typology Survey in Three Islands
- Chapter 7: Linking the Findings and Drawing Conclusions: Tracking a Trajectory of Decline
- Chapter 8: Contemporary Sociolinguistic Profile of Gaelic in Language Planning and Policy Context: Relevance of Management Models
- Chapter 9: Towards a New Model for the Revival of the Gaelic Community
- References
- Appendices
Bibliographic Information
Copyright © 2020 Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gòrdan Camshron, Pàdruig Moireach, Brian Ó Curnáin, Iain Caimbeul, Brian MacDonald, Tamás Péterváry
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Published by Aberdeen University Press, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK AB24 3UG
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ISBN 978-1-85752-080-4
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