@article{13233f2469b9468bac2571530e33de1d,
title = "Including the Threatened First-language Gaelic Vernacular Community in Gaelic Promotion and Protection: A Rebuttal to McLeod et al.",
abstract = "This article serves as a rebuttal to McLeod et al{\textquoteright}s criticism of {\'O} Giollag{\'a}in and Caimbeul{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}Moving Beyond Asocial Minority Language Policy{\textquoteright} article in this journal, while also offering an analysis of McLeod et al{\textquoteright}s disapproving viewpoint of the conclusions and recommendations in {\'O} Giollag{\'a}in et al{\textquoteright}s The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community (2020). This rebuttal argues for the inclusion of the threatened first-language Gaelic vernacular community in Gaelic policy, as well as the integration of the protection of Gaelic communities in official Gaelic promotion – minority language promotion with language community protection. McLeod et al{\textquoteright}s contribution to the debate on the Gaelic vernacular crisis is essentially a collective effort to reinforce the relegation of the Gaelic crisis within official language promotion in Scotland and to promote a reinvigorated status quo.",
keywords = "Gaelic culture, language policy and planning, Sociolinguistics, language ideology, language minoritisation, Language policy reform, Language and culture",
author = "{{\'O} Giollag{\'a}in}, Conch{\'u}r and Iain Caimbeul and {{\'O} Curn{\'a}in}, Brian and G{\`o}rdan Camshron and P{\`a}druig Moireach",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2022. Edinburgh University Press. Conch{\'u}r {\'O} Giollag{\'a}in is the Gaelic Research Professor in the University of the Highlands and Islands, where he directs the UHI Language Sciences Institute, and academic director of the Soillse inter-institutional sociolinguistic partnership. Iain Caimbeul is a research fellow of the UHI Language Sciences Institute. Brian {\'O} Curn{\'a}in is Associate Professor in the School of Celtic Studies, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. G{\`o}rdan Camshron is currently working on a PhD through the University of the Highlands and Islands. He was a fieldworker on Soillse{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}Gaelic Crisis...{\textquoteright}study. P{\`a}druig Moireach is currently employed by Sabhal M{\`o}r Ostaig as a part-time Gaelic tutor on online courses. He was a fieldworker and researcher for Soillse{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}Gaelic Crisis...{\textquoteright}study. ",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
day = "10",
doi = "10.3366/scot.2022.0402",
language = "English",
volume = "31",
pages = "122",
journal = "Scottish Affairs",
issn = "0966-0356",
publisher = "Edinburgh University Press",
number = "1",
}