New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland

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, h...

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मुख्य लेखक: Dunmore, Stuart S.
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प्रकाशित: Edinburgh University Press 2025
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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1578932025-07-29T19:36:12Z New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland Dunmore, Stuart S. Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Historical & Comparative Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Sociolinguistics Language Arts & Disciplines Speech & Pronunciation bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFF Historical & comparative linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CJ Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)::CJC Language learning: specific skills::CJCK Speaking / pronunciation skills 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. 2025-03-28T04:22:38Z 2025-03-28T04:22:38Z 2025-03-27T05:30:32Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100350 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/157893 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100350/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100350/1/external_content.pdf Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press 208d7ab7-a2e4-4c7f-83b1-53dfb4ba4a35 Knowledge Unlatched Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Edinburgh University Press open access
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Dunmore, Stuart S.
New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
title New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
title_full New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
title_fullStr New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
title_full_unstemmed New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
title_short New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland
title_sort new gaelic speakers in nova scotia and scotland
topic Language Arts & Disciplines
Linguistics
Historical & Comparative
Language Arts & Disciplines
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Language Arts & Disciplines
Speech & Pronunciation
bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFF Historical & comparative linguistics
bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics
bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CJ Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)::CJC Language learning: specific skills::CJCK Speaking / pronunciation skills
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Linguistics
Historical & Comparative
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Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Language Arts & Disciplines
Speech & Pronunciation
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bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics
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