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- Title
Instrumental music and Gaelic revitalization in Scotland and Nova Scotia.
- Authors
Dembling, Jonathan
- Abstract
Music is a popular tool for language revitalization efforts, providing both an attraction for potential language learners and a cultural context for language-related activities. In both Scotland and Nova Scotia, Canada, Gaelic revitalization is further linked with instrumental music, especially fiddle and bagpipe music, because the language is regarded as directly informing its rhythm and articulation. While this relationship creates the potential for a rich interaction between language and music enthusiasts, it is also complicated by a long history of contested definitions of authentic Gaelic expression. When local self-esteem is an important component of successful language revitalization, such complications must be addressed.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; NOVA Scotia; INSTRUMENTAL music; SCOTTISH Gaelic philology; LANGUAGE revival; BAGPIPE music; FIDDLE tunes; SELF-esteem
- Publication
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2010, Vol 2010, Issue 206, p245
- ISSN
0165-2516
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/IJSL.2010.056