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Where and how was Gaelic written in late medieval and early modern Scotland? Orthographic practices and cultural identities [PDF]
, 2008 This article examines patterns of language use and literacy in Gaelic Scotland between c.1400 and c.1700. Classical Gaelic, the written form of Gaelic used between 1200 and 1700, with its distinctive linguistic and scribal forms, has traditionally been ...
MacCoinnich, A.
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'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic [PDF]
, 2008 The present paper is intended as a modest contribution towards the study of Tiree Gaelic, particularly its lexicon, drawing on a small part of the archives of the Historical Dictionary of Scottish Gaelic (HDSG) held in the Department of Celtic ...
Ó Maolalaigh, R.
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The forgotten first: John MacCormick's 'Dùn-Àluinn' [PDF]
, 2006 The first Gaelic novel, John MacCormick's Dùn-Àluinn, no an t-Oighre 'na Dhìobarach, was serialised in the People's Journal in 1910 before being published in its entirety in 1912.
Kidd, S.M.
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Genealogy, 2020 Gaelic laments played an integral role in the deathways of the Highland Scots of Nova Scotia. These often passionate outpourings of grief served as lasting obituaries for the dead and epitomized the richness and vigour of the Gaelic language.
Effie Rankin
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Gaelic in the New Scotland: Politics, Rhetoric and Public Discourse [PDF]
Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 2001 This article considers the position of the Gaelic language in the new political context in Scotland created by the opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
McLeod, Wilson
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IRISH OVERDETERMINATION: STRATEGIES FOR ENTERING AND LEAVING THE GAELTACHT
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2018 Irish Overdetermination: Strategies for Entering and Leaving the Gaeltacht. Irish and Gaels are terms that refer to historical and contemporary peoples.
Diarmuid Ó GIOLLÁIN
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Gaelic Learners in the Primary School (GLPS) in Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth & Kinross and Stirling : Evaluation Report [PDF]
, 2003 For many years individual primary school teachers have no doubt sought to provide their pupils with a brief initial introduction to Gaelic language and culture.
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Learning and Remembering Gaelic Stories: Brian Stewart
Scottish Studies, 2013 Questions about how Gaelic storytellers have learned, remembered and performed their tales are key to understanding the Gaelic narrative tradition. This article examines the experience of Brian Stewart, a Scottish Gaelic storyteller, and the techniques ...
Carol Zall
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Language Usage and Social Categorisation in Brendan Behan’s Play The Quare Fellow
ABEI Journal, 2013 The language of Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow (1954), a play set in an Irish prison, is examined stylistically. This is done under the headings of naming, usage of Hiberno-English, of prison jargon, and of Gaelic.
Patricia A Lynch
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La Bretagne Linguistique, 2015 Based on a study of Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, this article asks the following question: are all languages saleable? Or more precisely, is everything in a language saleable? What elements are selected, by whom, and why?
James Costa Wilson
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