Family Language Policy : Maintaining an Endangered Language in the Home by Cassie Smith-Christmas (2015, Hardcover)

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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. Cassie Smith-Christmas 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

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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-101137521805

ISBN-139781137521804

eBay Product ID (ePID)221158497

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXii, 137 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFamily Language Policy : Maintaining an Endangered Language in the Home

Publication Year2015

SubjectCeltic Languages, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Linguistics / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Education, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorCassie Smith-Christmas

FormatHardcover