Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Gaelic and Gaels in Scotland and Nova Scotia: A Historical and Contemporary Account -- 2. Language, Ethnicity and Identities: A Conceptual Frame -- 3. Gaelic Language Ideologies in Scotland and Nova Scotia: An Ethnographic Introduction to the Research Sites -- 4. New Gaelic Speakers' Language Acquisition and Use -- 5. Contrasting Gaelic Identities: Heritage, Language Ideologies and Motivation -- 6. Quantitative Perspectives on New Gaelic Speakerhood in Scotland and Nova Scotia -- 7. New Worlds: Transatlantic Gaeldom and Twenty-first-century Linguistic Practice -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Exploring the motivations, practices and ethnolinguistic identities of new Gaelic speakers
