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Author | : Marsaili MacLeod |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2018-01-09 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1474420672 |
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Examines the politics of female ship in relation to contemporary documentary practices
Author | : Wilson McLeod |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2020-09-04 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1474462413 |
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In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland, Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic.
Author | : Silke Stroh |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0810134047 |
Download Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.
Author | : Moray Watson |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2010-06-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0748637109 |
Download Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Bringing together a range of perspectives on the Gaelic language, this book covers the history of the language, its development in Scotland and Canada, its spelling, syntax and morphology, its modern vocabulary, and the study of its dialects. It also addresses sociolinguistic issues such as identity, perception, language planning and the appearance of the language in literature. Each chapter is written by an expert on their topic.The book has been written accessibly with a non-specialist audience in mind. It will have a particular value for those requiring introductions to aspects of the Gaelic language. It will also be of great interest to those who are embarking on research on Gaelic for the first time. Authors include Colm O Baoill, David Adger, Rob Dunbar, Seosamh Watson, Ken Nilsen, Ken MacKinnon and Ronald Black.
Author | : Marsaili MacLeod |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2018-11-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1474420664 |
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New perspectives on the use and acquisition of a minority language. The number of young people speaking Gaelic in Scotland is growing for the first time since Census records began but less than half of all Gaelic speakers use Gaelic in the home. This book sets out to explore why. Focusing on how people, communities and organisations are 'doing' Gaelic, this book explores the processes and patterns of Gaelic language acquisition, use and management across four key spaces of interaction: the family, the community, educational settings, and in organisations. The contributors adopt an experiential approach to give voice to speakers in a diverse range of communities, both geographically and socially, as the volume illustrates the ways in which the use of Gaelic is changing in the context of increasingly fragmented, networked communities. Gaelic in Contemporary Scotland provides a range of critical perspectives on existing models for minority language revitalisation and to introduce fresh ideas for language revitalisation theory. Through its analysis of the interconnections between, and differences within, Gaelic communities, this collection challenges old understandings of the Gaelic community as a single collective identity, making it an invaluable resource for students, lecturers and researchers interested in questions of linguistic diversity, linguistic minorities and language policy and planning.
Author | : McLeod Wilson McLeod |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 555 |
Release | : 2020-09-04 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1474462421 |
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In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland - from the introduction of state education in 1872 up to the present day - Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic. In addition, he scrutinises the competing ideologies that have driven the decline, marginalisation and subsequent revitalisation of the language. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, at the boundary of history, law, language policy and sociolinguistics, the book draws upon a wide range of sources in both English and Gaelic to consider in detail the development of the language policy regime for Gaelic that was developed between 1975 and 1989. It examines the campaign for the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, its contents and implementation; and assesses the development and delivery of development and delivery of Gaelic education and media from the late 1980s to the present.
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Release | : 2020 |
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ISBN | : 9781857520804 |
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Author | : Wilson McLeod |
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Language policy |
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Download Revitalising Gaelic in Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume presents an interdisciplinary collection of essays, reviewing the state of Gaelic in contemporary Scotland, covering sociolinguistics and language policy, questions of identity and community and educational, media, cultural, and development issues. Contributions in Gaelic also have detailed English language synopses.
Author | : Anne Lorne Gillies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 2019-11-07 |
Genre | : Songs, Scottish Gaelic |
ISBN | : 9781912476640 |
Download Songs of Gaelic Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Gaelic Scotland is one of the world's great treasure-houses of song. This work is an anthology of music and lyrics from the Gaelic-speaking Highlands and Islands. It provides an introduction to Gaelic tradition, musical transcriptions, and English translations. It portrays the social and historical background of the songs.
Author | : Peter Mackay |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2011-04-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139499947 |
Download Modern Irish and Scottish Poetry Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The comparative study of the literatures of Ireland and Scotland has emerged as a distinct and buoyant field in recent years. This collection of new essays offers the first sustained comparison of modern Irish and Scottish poetry, featuring close readings of texts within broad historical and political contextualisation. Playing on influences, crossovers, connections, disconnections and differences, the 'affinities' and 'opposites' traced in this book cross both Irish and Scottish poetry in many directions. Contributors include major scholars of the new 'archipelagic' approach, as well as leading Irish and Scottish poets providing important insights into current creative practice. Poets discussed include W. B. Yeats, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean, Louis MacNeice, Edwin Morgan, Douglas Dunn, Seamus Heaney, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Michael Longley, Medbh McGuckian, Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, Don Paterson and Kathleen Jamie. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of poetry from these islands in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.