Family Language Policy Maintaining an Endangered Language in the Home
Description
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.
Keywords
Language Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsSociolinguisticsEducationTeachingLanguage ArtsHistorical & ComparativeStudy & Teaching
2015Book
Author(s)Cassie Smith-Christmas
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137521804
LanguageEnglish
