Family Language Policy: Maintaining an Endangered Language in the Home

Smith-Christmas, C.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2015-10-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137521804

DOI: 10.1057/9781137521811

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 137