Gaelic Language Revitalization Concepts and Challenges: Collected Essays

Author:   Emily McEwan-Fujita
Publisher:   Bradan Press
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Pages:   396
Publication Date:   17 March 2020
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"Based on research in Scotland and Nova Scotia, the papers in this collection focus on a number of interconnected themes, including language ideologies and affective stances about what it means to be a Gaelic speaker, media discourses of Gaelic language death and revitalization, the intersection of neoliberalism and minority language revitalization, the theoretical frameworks of Reversing Language Shift (RLS) and communities of practice as they apply to Gaelic language revitalization efforts, and issues of power and knowledge in research and representation of Gaelic communities. Essays include the author's previously published articles and book chapters spanning the period 2005-2013, as well as three previously unpublished papers. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, Celtic studies, and education. ""I'm glad that a new volume strong on Gaelic survival, persistence, and revitalization is now on offer, with due emphasis on social setting and social factors. Congratulations [to the author] on bringing such a strong body of work out in a form where it can be appreciated as a whole."" --Dr. Nancy C. Dorian, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Bryn Mawr College TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction xi Part 1: Knowledge and Representation 1 1 Sociolinguistic ethnography of Gaelic communities 3 2 Research and representation: Gaelic and Uist 43 Part 2: Discourses of Death and Revitalization 59 3 Discourses of death and denigration: Ethnolinguistic differentiation and the ideology of contempt 61 4 ""Gaelic doomed as speakers die out""? The public discourse of Gaelic language death in Scotland 95 5 Language revitalization discourses as metaculture: Gaelic in Scotland from the 18th to 20th centuries 115 Part 3: Neoliberalism and Language Revitalization 149 6 Neoliberal discourses of Gaelic language revitalization: The ""Gaelic economy"" and ""rocketing spending"" 151 7 Neoliberalism and minority language planning in the Highlands of Scotland 179 Part 4: Language Ideologies and Affect 197 8 Ideology, affect, and socialization in language shift and revitalization: The experiences of adults learning Gaelic in the Western Isles of Scotland 199 9 Ideologies and experiences of literacy in interactions
between adult Gaelic learners and first-language Gaelic speakers in Scotland 245 10 Working at ""9 to 5"" Gaelic: Speakers, context, and ideologies of an emerging minority language register 267 Part 5: New Speakers and Reversing Language Shift 285 11 Gaelic revitalization efforts in Nova Scotia: Reversing Language Shift (RLS) in the 21st century 287 12 ""Ìle ga Bruidhinn"" A community-based Gaelic dialect revitalization proposal 315 References 333 Index 365"

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Author:   Emily McEwan-Fujita
Publisher:   Bradan Press
Imprint:   Bradan Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9781988747378


ISBN 10:   1988747376
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   17 March 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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I'm glad that a new volume strong on Gaelic survival, persistence, and revitalization is now on offer, with due emphasis on social setting and social factors. Congratulations [to the author] on bringing such a strong body of work out in a form where it can be appreciated as a whole. --Dr. Nancy C. Dorian, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Bryn Mawr College


"""I'm glad that a new volume strong on Gaelic survival, persistence, and revitalization is now on offer, with due emphasis on social setting and social factors. Congratulations [to the author] on bringing such a strong body of work out in a form where it can be appreciated as a whole."" --Dr. Nancy C. Dorian, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Bryn Mawr College"


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Dr. Emily McEwan-Fujita has been involved with Scottish Gaelic language and culture for over 30 years. She earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and has taught linguistic and cultural anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, Loyola University Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, and Saint Mary's University. A former editor of the Small Languages and Small Language Communities section of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Dr. McEwan-Fujita now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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