Family Language Policy: Maintaining an Endangered Language in the Home

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.

Author: C. Smith-Christmas
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: 10/29/2015
Pages: 137
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781137521804

About the Author

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.