Author: Marsaili MacLeod
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474420672
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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Examines the politics of female ship in relation to contemporary documentary practices

Author: Stuart S. Dunmore
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474443125
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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The first in-depth assessment of language use and attitudinal perceptions among adults who received an immersion education in a minority language.

Author: Silke Stroh
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810134047
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 551

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Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.

Author: Wilson McLeod
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474462413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457

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In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland, Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic.

Author: Charles W J Withers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317332806
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the policies of successive governments, the decline of the Gaelic language, the depressing of much of the population into peasantry and the clearances.

Author: William Lamb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scottish Gaelic language
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Moray Watson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748637109
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Bringing together a range of perspectives on the Gaelic language, this book covers the history of the language, its development in Scotland and Canada, its spelling, syntax and morphology, its modern vocabulary, and the study of its dialects. It also addresses sociolinguistic issues such as identity, perception, language planning and the appearance of the language in literature. Each chapter is written by an expert on their topic.The book has been written accessibly with a non-specialist audience in mind. It will have a particular value for those requiring introductions to aspects of the Gaelic language. It will also be of great interest to those who are embarking on research on Gaelic for the first time. Authors include Colm O Baoill, David Adger, Rob Dunbar, Seosamh Watson, Ken Nilsen, Ken MacKinnon and Ronald Black.

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ISBN: 9781857520804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: John Murray
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849954389
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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This is a comprehensive field guide to the toponymy of the Gaelic landscape which helps people to interpret Highland landscape through place-names. Landscape character and history are perceived through a Gaelic lens.

Author: John M. Paterson
Publisher: Audio-Forum
ISBN: 9780884324430
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages :

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Foreign Language Instruction. An introductory, full-length course developed in Glasgow. Forty-three lesson units include an interesting section of "do's & don'ts" of grammatical usage with examples that begins each lesson, which includes vocabulary & readings in Gaelic. English translations given at the end of each lesson unit