Planning for Growth: The Professionalisation of the Taskforce for Gaelic Revitalisation

Michelle Macleod, Timothy C. Armstrong, Gillian Munro, Iain Taylor

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Abstract

It is only relatively recently that scholars and the public have become aware of the accelerating loss of linguistic diversity around the world; consequently, the development of organised planning for survival in response to the crisis is also relatively new. Given that language planning for linguistic diversity is such a new endeavour, it is not surprising that a culture of professionalism and expertise among its practitioners is also still in the early stages of development. We have much to learn about what does and does not work when it comes to language planning in this respect, and there is also...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGaelic in Contemporary Scotland
Subtitle of host publicationThe Revitalisation of an Endangered Language
PublisherEdinburgh University Press
Pages141-155
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781474420662
ISBN (Print)9781474474672
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

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