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Author | : Charles W. J. Withers |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2021-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178885425X |
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Surprisingly little is known of the geographical history of Gaelic: where and when it was spoken in the past, and how and why the Gaelic-speaking area of Scotland – the Gaidhealtachd – has retreated and the language declined. A hundred years ago there were 250,000 Gaelic speakers. Now there are 80,000. This book answers four broad questions: What has been the geography of Gaelic in the past? How has that geography changed over time and space? What have been the patterns of language use within the Gaedhealtachd in the past? And what have been the processes of language change? Emphasis is upon the changing geography of the spoken language from 1698 to 1981: from the earliest date for which it is possible to document the expanse of the Gaelic language area to the most recent census to record the numbers speaking Gaelic.
Author | : Charles W. J. Withers |
Publisher | : John Donald |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Colin H. Williams |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781853590016 |
Download Language in Geographic Context Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book contains key research in the developing field of geolinguistics. It examines the main relationships in the study of language and territory, namely the social context of linguistic communities, the principles and methods of geolinguistic and the translation of these principles into government action and policy in multilingual societies.
Author | : Charles W J Withers |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2015-12-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317332806 |
Download Gaelic Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the policies of successive governments, the decline of the Gaelic language, the depressing of much of the population into peasantry and the clearances.
Author | : Jones Charles Jones |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2019-07-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1474469639 |
Download Edinburgh History of the Scots Language Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the first full scale attempt to record the diachronic development of this important English language variety and includes extensive essays by some of the foremost international scholars of the Scots language. The book attempts to provide a detailed and technical description of the syntax, phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the language in two main periods: the beginnings to 1700 and from 1700 to the present day. The language's geographical variation both in the past and at the present time are fully documented and the sociolinguistic forces which lie behind linguistic innovation and its transmission provide a principal theme running through the book.WINNER of the Saltire society/National Library of Scotland Scottish Research Book of the Year Award
Author | : Robert Allen Houston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2005-04-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521891677 |
Download Scottish Society, 1500-1800 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The volume covers many of the most significant themes in pre-industrial Scottish society.
Author | : Ian D. Whyte |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2014-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317900014 |
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This splendid portrait of medieval and early modern Scotland through to the Union and its aftermath has no current rival in chronological range, thematic scope and richness of detail. Ian Whyte pays due attention to the wide regional variations within Scotland itself and to the distinctive elements of her economy and society; but he also highlights the many parallels between the Scottish experience and that of her neighbours, especially England. The result sets the development of Scotland within its British context and beyond, in a book that will interest and delight far more than Scottish specialists alone.
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 | : Stuart S. Dunmore |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2019-07-17 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1474443125 |
Download Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first in-depth assessment of language use and attitudinal perceptions among adults who received an immersion education in a minority language.
Author | : Robert McColl Millar |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2020-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1474448569 |
Download Sociolinguistic History of Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots. Immigrant languages are also discussed throughout the book.