Family Language Policy [electronic resource] : Maintaining an Endangered Language in the Home /
Smith-Christmas, C.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
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.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Language policy.
Historical linguistics.
Comparative linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Language Teaching.
Language Policy and Planning.
Historical Linguistics.
Comparative Linguistics.