27 March 2025 presentation by lead author of the Gaelic Crisis Study
Professor Conchúr Ó
Giollagáin (University of the Highlands and Islands) is doing a zoom and
in-person seminar on -
“Language Dynamics in
Society: A New Analytical Framework for Ethnolinguistic Vitality”
Date: 27
March 2025, 17:00
In-Person: In the Centre’s Seminar room
Celtic Seminars
calendar:
Ethnolinguistic vitality
is described by Martin Ehala as “a group’s ability to maintain and protect its
existence in time as a collective entity with a distinctive identity and
language. It involves continuing intergenerational transmission of a group’s
language and cultural practices, sustainable demography and active social
institutions, social cohesion and emotional attachment to its collective
identity. High-vitality groups are capable of collective action to secure the
group’s interests in its intergroup setting, while low-vitality groups lack
agency and are prone to assimilation.” (Ehala,
M. (2015). Ethnolinguistic vitality. In K. Tracy, C. Ilie, & T. Sandel
(Eds.), The international encyclopedia of language and social interaction Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118611463.wbielsi046)
University of the
Highlands and Islands Language Sciences Institute
The Gaelic Crisis in the
Vernacular Community
March 31, 2025: A recording of the presentation has been added on YouTube
Language Dynamics in Society: A New Analytical Framework for
Ethnolinguistic Vitality by Conchúr Ó
Giollagáin (UHI)
- for theUniversity of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh
and Celtic Studies (CAWCS)
