Family Language Policy

Based on an eight-year study of a family on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, this book explores why the children in the family do not often speak Gaelic, despite the adults' best efforts to use the language with them, as well as the children's attendance at a Gaelic immersion school.

Autorentext

Cassie Smith-Christmas is a research fellow for Soillse, the inter-university Gaelic language research network. After completing her PhD at the University of Glasgow, Cassie took up her fellowship with the University of Highlands and Islands and has also held a fellowship at the Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Inhalt

1. What is Family Language Policy? 2. Methodology 3. A Diachronic View of FLP 4. Building and Dismantling an FLP at the Micro-Level 5. Authority, Solidarity, and Language 6. Conclusion