Family language policy : maintaining an endangered language in the home

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    • Smith-Christmas, Cassie
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Family language policy : maintaining an endangered language in the home

Cassie Smith-Christmas

(Palgrave pivot)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

  • : Hardback

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-130) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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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