Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. The Sociohistorical Setting of a Cultural Rivalry -- 2. The East Sutherland Fishing, Communities: Development, Linguistic Alignment, Ethnicity, Stigmatization -- 3. East Sutherland in Sociolinguistic Perspective -- 4. Language Change in Dying ESG: Fluent Speakers' Gaelic and Semi-Speakers' Gaelic -- Appendix. Questionnaire Surveys of East Sutherland Bilinguals and Monolinguals -- Bibliography -- Index