The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community: a comprehensive sociolinguistic survey of Scottish Gaelic

Primary Author or Creator:
Conchúr Ó Giollagáin
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Gòrdan Camshron, Pàdruig Moireach, Brian Ó Curnáin, Iain Caimbeul, Brian MacDonald, Tamás Péterváry
Publisher:
Aberdeen University Press
Alternative Published Date
2020
Category:
Type of Resource:
Book
Fast Facts

There is a widely recognised need for more community-focused local intervention and more granular policy for Gaelic.

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This publication provides contemporary data and analysis of the societal and spatial extent of Gaelic speakers and Gaelic speaking in the remaining vernacular communities in Scotland. The survey modules examined: census demolinguistics; preschoolers' language practice; teenager data; three indicative communities and speaker typologies, providing qualitative and quantitative information on community, family, school and individual language acquisition and practice.

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English