Gaelic in Scotland : policies, movements, ideologies / Wilson McLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLeod, Wilson, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish Gaelic language--History.

Scottish Gaelic language.

Scottish Gaelic language--Social aspects.

Language policy--Scotland.

Language policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Historical and Sociolinguistic Background

2 Policy, Ideology and Discourse

3 Foundations, 1872–1918

4 Transition, 1919–44

5 Stirrings, 1945–74

6 Revitalisation, 1975–96

7 Restructuring, 1997–2005

8 Institutionalisation, 2006–20

Conclusion

Notes

Appendix: Timeline of Gaelic Policy from 1871

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 11, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

ISBN:

1-4744-9139-1

1-4744-6241-3

OCLC:

1306538280