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"Through an examination of the Irish language context this volume examines the changing value and function of minority languages and what this may mean for future efforts to revive the Irish language. It provides an account of four sites of minority language use including television, comedy, Hip Hop, and tourism. Each of these sites represents domains in which the use of Irish has changed significantly as a consequence of processes of globalization. Through an examination of these four areas, it becomes clear that they offer transgressive spaces for minority language ideologies and use"--

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: New Speakers, Familiar Concepts? -- New Speakers and the Dynamics of Late Modern Society -- Defining the 'New Speaker' -- Authority, Authenticity, and the New Speaker -- New Speakers and Minority Languages -- Structure of the Volume -- Ideologies and New Speakers of Minority Languages -- Practices of New Speakers of Minority Languages -- References -- 2: New Gaelic Speakers, New Gaels? Ideologies and Ethnolinguistic Continuity in Contemporary Scotland -- Introduction: Theoretical Approaches to Language Revitalisation and Bilingual Education -- Research Context: GME and Gaelic in Twenty-­First-­Century Scotland -- Method -- Gàidheil ùra: 'New Gaels'? -- New Speakers: Domains of Use? -- New Speakers of Gaelic: (New) Gaels? -- Discussion: Gaels and 'Xians' in Twenty-First-­Century Scotland -- Conclusions -- Key to Transcription Conventions -- References -- 3: 'We're Not Fully Welsh': Hierarchies of Belonging and 'New' Speakers of Welsh -- Introduction -- Welsh Language Policy -- Welsh Language Education Policy -- The Research Context -- Methods and Data -- Language Policy in the English School: 'Flexible Bilingualism' -- Complications, Contradictions, and Contestation -- Not 'Fully Welsh'? -- A Scale of 'Welshness' Versus 'Englishness'? -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: 'We Don't Say It Like That': Language Ownership and (De)Legitimising the New Speaker -- Introduction and Background -- Language Vitality and Status -- Some Terminology -- Language Ideologies in Guernsey -- A Language of the Past -- Static and Dynamic Views of Language -- Language 'Ownership' and Language Change -- Reactions to Language Change -- Creating a 'New Speaker' Community -- Experiences of Learners -- Motivation -- Conclusions -- Facing Our Own Ideologies and Assumptions