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Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland : Linguistic Practice and Ideology by Stuart S. Dunmore (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-101474443141
ISBN-139781474443142
eBay Product ID (ePID)25050370873
Product Key Features
Number of Pages196 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLanguage Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland : Linguistic Practice and Ideology
SubjectCeltic Languages, Bilingual Education, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, General
Publication Year2021
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
AuthorStuart S. Dunmore
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsHaving confirmed the inadequacy of school as a standalone site of language socialization, his work sounds a clarion call for innovation. In recent years, there has indeed been a growing awareness within academic and activist circles of the need for complementary strategies for language maintenance and revitalization ... Dunmore's monograph will thus undoubtedly catalyse the momentum of emerging work on innovative initiatives and spaces for language socialization, and help hasten the development of further language maintenance and revitalization efforts that do indeed work., With Scottish Gaelic in decline for almost a millennium, Dunmore's book fills a crucial gap in our understanding of the long-term social and linguistic outcomes of Gaelic medium education. It will inform policy makers and activists in Scotland and worldwide, where revitalization efforts are underway to create new speakers and domains through schooling., With an eminently readable style, clear structure and judiciously used signposting, Dunmore's book fills a gap in the literature of language revitalisation. It will both inspire and motivate scholars and researchers to undertake similar studies, especially in minority-language contexts where immersion education is seen as a beacon illuminating successful revitalisation., The book will prove to be a very valuable resource for language educators, policy makers and scholars of language death and revitalisation for many years to come.
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal491.63
SynopsisThe first in-depth assessment of language use and attitudinal perceptions among adults who received an immersion education in a minority language., Situated within the interrelated disciplines of sociolinguistics and sociology of language, this book explores the language use and attitudinal perceptions of a sample of 130 adults who received Gaelic-medium education (GME) at primary school, during the first years of that system's availability in Scotland. As the first students to have attended GME are now in their late 20s and 30s, this volume offers a timely examination of the long-term outcomes of the system in its earliest years, and of the future prospects for Gaelic language maintenance and revitalisation in Scotland. The book presents in-depth discussion and analysis of narratives in order to demonstrate former Gaelic-medium students' present-day relationships to the languages they speak, offering fascinating insights into the possible reasons - historical, ideological and personal - for these relationships. This book presents the first open assessment of the outcomes of Gaelic-medium education in Scotland, and offers suggestions for individuals and policymakers seeking to revitalise languages internationally.
LC Classification NumberPB1514.85
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