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New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
- Heritage, Motivation and Identity
Engelsk Hardback
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- Heritage, Motivation and Identity
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What are the main similarities between new cohorts of Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland, and what key differences distinguish them? In Scotland, public policy to support and maintain the language has increased substantially in the past 40 years. In addition to Scotland’s 57,602 speakers, however, Gaelic has persisted in Nova Scotia since the 18th century and a third of Nova Scotians are descended from families who spoke the language historically.


As a response to policymakers’ language planning priorities in both polities and drawing on three years of ethnographic research in Scotland and Nova Scotia, this book presents a comparative analysis of new speaker motivations, identities and linguistic ideologies. An innovative approach to examining bilingual discourses is employed to demonstrate key distinctions and commonalities among new Gaelic speakers, with a view to informing future policy to generate greater numbers of proficient speakers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9781474491624
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1474491626
Udg. Dato:
31 dec 2024
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
31 dec 2024
Forfatter(e):
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