Abstract This chapter traces Family Language Policy (FLP) research from its origins in
sociolinguistic approaches to child bilingualism and details how examining language input …

In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland-from the
introduction of state education in 1872 up to the present day-Wilson McLeod looks at the …

This paper examines the use of phonetic variation in word‐final rhotics among nineteen
adult new speakers of Scottish Gaelic, ie speakers who did not acquire the language …

This book brings together a broad, interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to critically
assess a recent proposal within translanguaging theory called deconstructivism: the view …

This volume is the first full-length publication to systematically unpack and analyze the
linguistic practices and ideologies of" new speakers" specifically in an Irish language …

This article analyses phonetic variation among young people who have learned a minority
language in immersion schooling as part of revitalisation measures. Such speakers are …

This article scrutinizes the concept of “success” in family language policy (henceforth FLP).
Situated in three large-scale ethnographic projects, we center on the lived experiences of a …

Situated within the interrelated disciplines of sociolinguistics and sociology of language, this
book explores the language use and attitudinal perceptions of a sample of 130 adults who …

Scholars have consistently theorised that language ideologies can influence the ways in
which bilingual speakers in minority language settings identify and engage with the …

'New speakers' is a term used to describe those who have learnt a minority language not
within their home or community settings, but through bilingual education, immersion or …