Publications in Refereed Academic Journals and Edited Collections
1971/2 ‘The School in Gaelic Scotland’, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. XLVII (1971/2). (No ISSN) pp. 374 – 391.
1972/3 ‘Liberal Studies as a core concern of curricula’, in Liberal Studies, No 22. Spring 1972, pp. 29 – 32, No 24 Winter 1973 pp. 23 - 24. (No ISSN)
1972 ‘Education and social control’, in Scottish Education Studies (1872 Education Act centenary number) Vol. 4, No 2, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. (No ISSN) pp. 125 – 138.
1982‘Cape Breton Gaeldom in cross-cultural context: the transmission of ethnic language and culture’, paper to Sixth World Congress of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Aberdeen University 19th – 23rd July 1982. Published in Polyglot Vol 6, Fiche 1, Oct 1985 Birkbeck College, University of London. (Fiche publication: no ISSN or page numbers.)
1982‘Power at the Periphery – the Language Dimension’, paper to British Sociological Association Annual Conference ‘Beyond the Fringe – the Periphery in Industrial Society’, Cardiff 7th April 1983. Published in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Vol 5. No 6. 1984. ISSN 0143-4632 pp. 491 – 510.
1985 (a) ‘The Scottish Gaelic speech-community – some social perspectives’, plenary address to First International Conference on Languages of Scotland, University of Aberdeen, 28th July 1985, published in Scottish Language, No. 5 Autumn 1986. ISSN 0264-0198 pp. 65 – 84.
1985(b) ‘Gaelic in the Census – a Tenacious Survival’, in Hulton, R. (ed.) Gaelic Looking to the Future’, Dundee: Andrew Fletcher Society. (No ISBN) pp. 11 – 20.
1986 ‘Gender, Ocupational and Educational
Factors in Gaelic Language-shift and Regeneration’, paper to third Minority
Languages Conference, Galway 23rd. June 1986. Published in: Mac Eoin,
G., et al (eds.) 1987 Celtic Papers from Third International Conference on Minority
Languages. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. ISBN 0-905028-64-3 pp. 47 – 71.
1987 "Language-Maintenance and Viability in Contemporary Gaelic-speaking Communities:
Skye and the Western Isles Today (from census data), paper to Eighth International
Congress of Celtic Studies, Swansea, 19 – 24 July 1987. Published in Scottish
Gaelic Studies Vol. XVI, Pt I, Aberdeen 1990. (No ISSN)
1988(a) ‘Ane end of ane auld sang – or new dawn? A Century on the Census for Scotland’s Gaelic question., paper to British Sociological Association Annual Conference, ‘Sociology and History’ University of Edinburgh 28 – 31 March 1988. Published 1991 Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Vol. LVI 1988 – 1990, (No ISBN) pp. 21 - 51
1990(a) ‘Provisions for Ethnolinguistic Diversity in School and Society: Contemporary British Policies, Practices and their Implications’ (joint with Jenny Densham), paper to British Sociological Association Annual Conference, ‘Sociology in Practice’, Plymouth Polytechnic, 20 – 23 March 1989. Published in Language, Culture and Curriculum, Vol. 2, No 2, 1990 Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. ISSN 0790-8318, pp.75 – 90.
1990(b) ‘A Century on the Census: Gaelic in Twentieth Century Focus’, paper to Second International Conference on the Languages of Scotland, University of Glasgow, 29 June – 2 July 1988. Published in: Thomson, D. S. (ed.) 1990 Gaelic and Scots in Harmony, University of Glasgow: Department of Celtic. ISBN 903204 19 3 pp. 163 – 183.
1990(c) ‘Language-Maintenance and Viability in the Contemporary Scottish Speech-Community: Some Social and demographic Factors’, paper to Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages, Frisian Academy, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 20 – 24 June 1989. Published in: Görter, D. et al, (eds.) 1990 Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages, Proceedings Vol. II Ch. 6, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. ISBN 1-85359-111-4. pp. 69 – 90.
1991(a) ‘Language Retreat and Regeneration in the Present-day Scottish Gaidhealtachd’ paper to First International seminar on Geolinguistics, Staffordshire Polytechnic, 13th – 15th May
1987. Published in Williams, C.H. (ed.) 1991 Linguistic Minorities, Society and Territory, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. ISBN 1-85359-132-7 (hbk) 1-85359-131-9 (pbk) pp. 121 – 149.
1991(b) ‘Language-maintenance and viability in contemporary Gaelic-speaking communities: Skye and the Western Isles Today (from survey and census data)’, paper to Eighth International Symposium on Language Contact in Europe 18 –24 Sept 1988, Douglas IOM. Published in Ureland, P.S., & Broderick, G. (eds.) 1991 Language Contact in the British Isles, Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN 3-484-30238-0 pp. 495 – 534.
1992‘Local Speech-communities: maintenance, Viability and In-migration, from census analysis,plenary paper to Lesser-used Languages Assimilating Newcomers, Trinity College, Carmarthen 10 12 Sept 1991, in Dafis, Ll. (ed.) 1992 Lesser-Used Languages Assimilating Newcomers – Proceedings of Conference. Carmarthen: Joint Working Party on Bilingualism In Dyfed / Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa ISBN 0 86075 084 1 pp. 28 – 54.
1994‘Gaelic Language-Use in the Western Isles’, in Fenton, A. and MacDonald, D.A. (eds.) 1994 Studies in Scots and Gaelic: proceedings of Third International Conference on the Languages of Scotland, Edinburgh 25 – 27 Jul 1991, Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1 898410 11 9 pp.123 – 137.
1995‘Gaelic Speakers in the Population Census of Scotland: Age, Gender, Social Class – Some Applications’, in Actes del Simposi de Demolingüística III Trobada de Soiolingüístes Catalans Tortosa 15-16 Nov 1993. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura, March 1995. ISBN 84-393-3397 pp. 78 – 100.
1996 (a) ‘Gaelic and the Other Languages of Scotland’, paper to Fourth International Conference on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye, 1 –5 August 1994,.in: Scottish Language 1995/96, No 14/15, Aberdeen. ISSN 0264 0198 pp. 104 – 117.
1996(b) ‘Cape Breton – Western Isles: transatlantic resonance of language and culture’, Ch. 19 in: Ureland, P.S., and Clarkson, I., (eds.) 1996 Language Contact across the North Atlantic. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN 3-484-30359-X pp. 363 – 386.
1996(c) ‘The Dynamics of Scottish Gaelic’, in Nic Craith, M. (ed.) 1996 Watching One’s Tongue – Aspects of Romance and Celtic Languages. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-621-9, pp. 177 - 200.
1996(d) ‘Social Class and Gaelic Language Abilities in the 1991 Census’, in: MacAulay, D., Gleasure, J., and Ó Baoill, C. (eds.) Fèill Sgribhìnn do Ruaraidh MacThomais – Festschrift for Prof D. S. Thomson, Scottish Gaelic Studies Special Volume XVII, University of Aberdeen. (No ISSN), pp. 239 – 254.
1995‘Minority Languages in an Integrating Europe: Prospects for Viability and maintenance’, in Synak, B. and Wicherkiewicz, T. (eds.) 1997 Language Minorities and Minority Languages in a Changing Europe’, Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Minority Languages, Gdansk 1 – 5 July 1996, Gdansk: Wydawníctwo Uníwerstetu Gdanskíego. ISBN 83-7017- 722-7 pp. 93 – 108.
1998 ‘Gaelic in Family, Work and Community Domains: Euromosaic Project 1994/95’ in: McClure, D. (ed.) 1998 Scottish Language, No 17 1998, a selection of papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster, Aberdeen 1 – 5 August 1997, Aberdeen: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, ISSN 0264 0198 pp. 55 – 69.
1999‘Celtic language-Groups: Identity and Demography in Cross-Cultural Comparison’, in Black, R., Gillies, W., and Ó Maolalaigh, R. (eds.) 1999 Celtic Connections – Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Vol. 1: Language, Literature, History, Culture. East Linton: Tuckwell Press. ISBN 1-878410-77-1 pp. 324 – 246.
2000(a) ‘Occupational class, age and gender in the Gaelic speech-community, from census data’; ‘Gaelic language usage in the Community and Media; Western Isles of Scotland, 1987 – 88’, in: Thomas, P. W. and Mathias, J. 2000 Developing Minority Languages, the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Minority Languages, University of Wales: Cardiff 5th. – 9th. July 1993, ISBN 1 85902 0 pp 72 – 98; 614 - 631.
2000(b) ‘Neighbours in Persistence: Prospects for Gaelic maintenance in a Globalising English World’, in: McCoy, G. with Scott, M. (eds.) 2000 Aithne na nGael – Gaelic Identities, Belfast: Ultach Trust ISBN 0 85389 766 2 pp. 144 - 155.
2001(a) ‘Gaelic in Canada: Haki and Hekja’s Inheritance in the "Land of Promise",’ paper to Language Contact in America Symposium, University of Waterloo, Ontario, 12 – 18 May 1996 (Support: British Academy award) Ch. 1A in: Ureland. P.S. (ed.). 2001 Global Eurolinguistics ISBN 3-484-73056-0 pp. 19 – 48.
2001(b) ‘Identity, Attitudes, and Support for Gaelic policies: Gaelic speakers in the Euromosaic Survey 1994/95’, in Kirk, J. M. and Ó Baoill, D. P. (eds.) Language Links:the Languages of Scotland and Ireland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press ISBN 0 85389 795 6 pp.177 – 186.
2001(c) ‘Fàs no Bàs – Prosper or Perish: prospects for Survival of Scottish |Gaelic’ in Kirk, J.H. and Ó Baoill, D. P. (eds.) Linguistic Politics – Language Policies for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Belfast: Queen’s University Press ISBN 0 85389 815 4 pp. 255 – 258.
2002 Cornish at its Millenium: An Independent Study of the Language undertaken in 2000, in: Payton, P. (ed.) (2002) Cornish Studies 10, University of Exeter Press ISBN 0 85989 733 8 pp. 266 – 282. Forthcoming: ‘Gaelic as an Endangered Language’ paper to Workshop in Endangered Languages: Steps in Language rescue, University of York 26 – 27 July 1997, in Ostler, N. (ed.) Issues in Endangered Languages, Amsterdam: Benjamin
Contributed Chapters in Standard Textbooks:
1983‘Gaelic speaking in Scotland, demographic history’ (with Charles Withers), pp 109 – 114; ‘Gaelic-speaking in Scotland, sociology’ pp. 114 – 115, in Derick Thomson (ed.) 1983 The Companion to Gaelic Scotland, Oxford: Blackwell ISBN 0-631-12502-7.
1983‘Scottish Gaelic and English in the Highlands’, Ch. 29 in: Trudgill, P. (ed.) 1984 Language in the British Isles, Cambridge: University Press, ISBN 0 521 24057 3 (hbk) 0 521 28409 0 (pbk) pp. 499 – 516.
1991‘The Gaelic speech-community’, Ch 3 in Alladina, S., and Edwards, V. (eds.) 1991 Multilingualism in the British Isles: Vol 1: The Older Mother Tongues and Europe, Harlow: Longmans ISBN 0-582-01965-8 CSD/ 0-582-01963-X PPR , pp ??.
1991‘Scottish Gaelic today: Social history and contemporary status’, Ch 11 in: Martin Ball (ed.) The Celtic Languages. London: Routledge ISBN 0-415-01035-7 pp. 491 – 535.
2000(a) ‘Scottish Gaelic’ (with Cathlin Macaulay) in: Wirrer, J. (ed.) Minderheiten- und Regional-sprachen in Europa, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, ISBN 3-531-13131-1 pp.46 – 63.
2000(b) ‘Scottish Gaelic’ (with Cathlin Macaulay), in: Price, G. (ed.) Languages in Britain and Ireland, Oxford: Blackwell, ISBN 0-631-21580-8 (pbk) 0-631-21581-6 (pbk) pp. 44 –57. Forthcoming ‘Gaelic in Scotland’, Ch. 12 in Britain, D. (ed.) Language in the British Isles, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Authored Books, Commissioned Reports and Monographs:
1972 Lion’s Tongue, Inverness: Club Leabhar, ISBN 902706 22 5 (pbk) 902706 29 2 (hbk).
1977 Language, Education and Social Processes in a Gaelic Community (with introduction by Basil Bernstein) London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0 7100 8466 8.
1977 Gaelic in Scotland 1971: some sociological and demographic considerations of the 1971 Census Report for Gaelic. Hatfield Polytechnic Social Science Reports Series No SSR 11, Hatfield: Hertis Publications. ISBN 900458 08 9.
1980 Ethnic Communites: the Transmission of Language and Culture in Harris and Barra. Report to Social Science Research Council. March 1980 (with Morag MacDonald) Hatfield Polytechnic Social Sciences Reports Series No. SSR 12. Hatfield: Hertis Publications ISBN 90045818 6.
1977 Scottish Opinion on Gaelic: a report on a national attitude survey undertaken in 1981 for An Comunn Gaidhealach, Inverness. Hatfield Polytechnic Social Sciences Reports Series No SSR 14. Hatfield: Hertis Publications ISBN 90045817.
1983 Gaelic in Highland Region: the 1981 Census, report to An Comunn Gaidhealach, Inverness. (No ISBN)
1983 Gaelic Language Regeneration amongst Young People in Scotland 1971-1981 from Census Data (paper to The Future of the Celtic Nations in the EEC conference, Institute français d’Écosse / Heriot Watt University, 23 Nov 1984) Hatfield Polytechnic Social Science Reports Series No 15, ISBN 0-900458-29-1.
1983(a) The Present Position of Gaelic in Scottish Primary Education, report to European Minority Languages in Primary Education Project, Frisian Academy, Leeuwarden, Netherlands EMU Report 39 / Hatfield Polytechnic Business and Social Sciences Series No SSR 16, Hatfield: Hertis Publications ISBN 0-90045835-60).
1987(b) ‘Occupation, Migration, and Language-maintenance in Gaelic Communities – Some Social and Demographic Aspects’, paper to Ninth International Seminar on Marginal Regions, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye 5 – 11 July 1987. Published Hatfield Polytechnic Business and Social Sciences Occasional Papers Series no. BSS 15, Hatfield: Hertis Publications. ISBN 0-90045834-8.
1983 Gaelic language-maintenance and Viability in the Isle of Skye, report to Economic an Social Research Council. Published Hatfield Polytechnic Business and Social Sciences Reports Series No BSSR 17, Hatfield: Hertis Publications ISBN 0 90045836 4.
1991(a) Gaelic – a Past and Future Prospect. Edinburgh: Saltire Society ISBN 085411047 X.
1991(b) Forfhais agus Sgrùdaidhean mu Gnàthachadh na Gàidhlig – Research and Studies into the Maintenance of Gaelic. Conference Proceedings FASGNAG I Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, I. of Skye 11 – 13 April 1991.(No ISBN) Volume Editor.
1992 An Aghaidh nan Creag: Despite Adversity – Gaeldom’s Twentieth Century Survival and Potential, report to Comunn na Gàidhlig, Inverness (Sept 1992, No ISBN)
1993 Forfhais agus Sgrùdaidhean mu Gnàthachadh na Gàidhlig – Research and Studies into the Maintenance of Gaelic. Proceedings of Second Conference Proceedings FASGNAG II Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, I. of Skye 24 – 26 March 1993.(No ISBN) Volume Editor.
1994(a) 1991 Census: Gaelic Speakers – Monitors and Local Base Statistics: Regions, Islands Areas and Districts, report to Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and Comunn na Gàidhlig, Inverness, 21 Jan 1994.
1994(b) Gaelic in 1994 – report to E.U. Euromosaic Project, University of Wales, Bangor. (Support: EU Task Force Resources Humaines, Brussels). No ISBN.
1998 COMPASS – Proceedings of the Colloquium On Minority-language Population-censuses and Social Surveys, University of Hertfordshire 1 – 4 September 1993. ISBN 1 898543 31 3 (Support: EU Task Force Resources Humaines) Volume Editor.
2000 An Independent Academic Study on Cornish, report to Government Office for the South West. On line at: www.gosw.gov.uk/gosw , also in Ogmios No. 2.3 Autumn (31 October) 2000 ISSN 1471 – 0382 pp. 7 – 9.
2001 Gaelic – Prospects for Survival (Text and PowerPoint Presentation to CNAG Comhdhail Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Inverness: CNAG (No ISBN).
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