@inbook{f29c05e6bf494e5e95fe915e6855caf9,
title = "Family Language Policy in the Face of a Shrinking Community Language:: Gaelic on the Isle of Lewis",
abstract = "This chapter is a tightly focussed study of five individual parents, none of whom were habitual fluent Gaelic speakers from childhood to adulthood, who are attempting to give Gaelic a place within their families. Each of the parents comes from the Isle of Lewis and is currently residing there; they all had two Gaelic-speaking parents, and some have Gaelic-speaking spouses. Based on data gathered from extensive interviews and self-penned diagrams of historical and current speaker networks, this chapter considers the motivations and the actions of the parents in attempting to bring their children up as Gaelic speakers. To explore this in detail, the following questions are considered: why is Gaelic important to the parents; what have the parents done to improve their own language competencies and those of their children; and how successfully have the parents renegotiated networks of interlocutors for themselves and their children.",
author = "Michelle Macleod",
note = "I would like to thank Marsaili MacLeod for her work on the data collection and for collaborating on an earlier project on heritage learners. I would like to acknowledge receipt of a small grant from Soillse for support with the fieldwork. Finally, I would also like to extend my gratitude to all the research participants who were so generous with their time and spoke about their experiences so openly.",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-87910-5_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-87909-9",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "45--73",
editor = "M Hornsby and W McLeod",
booktitle = "Transmitting Minority Languages",
}