Book
Language shift in a bilingual Hebridean crofting community
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Coleman, Jack David Bo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation describes and analyzes the process of language shift taking place within the village of Carloway, on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. The dissertation documents the general decline in use of Gaelic along with an increasing rate of bilingualism (English). Shifts in language use are related by Coleman to the social contexts of speech situations; that is, the relation of speech to aspects of social structure is examined. Coleman also discusses language socialization process among children, and the attitudes of villagers toward Gaelic and English as a means of various types of communications.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Speech
- Phonology
- Sociolinguistics
- Linguistic identification
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Scots
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Carloway, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Jack David Bo Coleman
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975
- UM 76-05323
- Bibliography: p. 292
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)