Gaelic In Contemporary Scotland

Author : Marsaili MacLeod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474474672
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland written by Marsaili MacLeod and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Marsaili MacLeod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474420672
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland written by Marsaili MacLeod and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the politics of female ship in relation to contemporary documentary practices

Author : Wilson McLeod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474462413
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic in Scotland written by Wilson McLeod and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland, Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic.

Author : Silke Stroh
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810134047
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination written by Silke Stroh and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.

Author : Moray Watson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748637109
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language written by Moray Watson and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a range of perspectives on the Gaelic language, this book covers the history of the language, its development in Scotland and Canada, its spelling, syntax and morphology, its modern vocabulary, and the study of its dialects. It also addresses sociolinguistic issues such as identity, perception, language planning and the appearance of the language in literature. Each chapter is written by an expert on their topic.The book has been written accessibly with a non-specialist audience in mind. It will have a particular value for those requiring introductions to aspects of the Gaelic language. It will also be of great interest to those who are embarking on research on Gaelic for the first time. Authors include Colm O Baoill, David Adger, Rob Dunbar, Seosamh Watson, Ken Nilsen, Ken MacKinnon and Ronald Black.

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ISBN 13 : 9781857520804
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book GAELIC CRISIS IN THE VERNACULAR COMMUNITY written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marsaili MacLeod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474420664
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland written by Marsaili MacLeod and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : McLeod Wilson McLeod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474462421
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic in Scotland written by McLeod Wilson McLeod and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland - from the introduction of state education in 1872 up to the present day - Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic. In addition, he scrutinises the competing ideologies that have driven the decline, marginalisation and subsequent revitalisation of the language. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, at the boundary of history, law, language policy and sociolinguistics, the book draws upon a wide range of sources in both English and Gaelic to consider in detail the development of the language policy regime for Gaelic that was developed between 1975 and 1989. It examines the campaign for the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, its contents and implementation; and assesses the development and delivery of development and delivery of Gaelic education and media from the late 1980s to the present.

Author : Anne Lorne Gillies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912476640
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of Gaelic Scotland written by Anne Lorne Gillies and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaelic Scotland is one of the world's great treasure-houses of song. This work is an anthology of music and lyrics from the Gaelic-speaking Highlands and Islands. It provides an introduction to Gaelic tradition, musical transcriptions, and English translations. It portrays the social and historical background of the songs.

Author : Wilson McLeod
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revitalising Gaelic in Scotland written by Wilson McLeod and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an interdisciplinary collection of essays, reviewing the state of Gaelic in contemporary Scotland, covering sociolinguistics and language policy, questions of identity and community and educational, media, cultural, and development issues. Contributions in Gaelic also have detailed English language synopses.