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Weather, EarlyView.The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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Music from the Source: Am Muileann Dubh and North Atlantic Supernatural Music Legends
Scottish StudiesThis article examines legends of supernatural music associated with the Scottish Gaelic reel tune Am Muileann Dubh ('The Black Mill') across the North Atlantic.
Tiber Falzett
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The Red–Green Electoral Threat to the Labour Party
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract For the first time, Labour faces credible electoral threats from minor parties to its left. The Greens and the newly formed Your Party offer left‐wing and Muslim voters disillusioned with Labour viable electoral alternatives and parliamentary representation. This article considers how great the threat is to Labour. It uses a model of how minor
Thomas Quinn +2 more
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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
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Études ÉcossaisesThis article examines the practice of Gaelic letter-writing among Scottish sojourners in India, focusing on the correspondence of Sir John Macpherson (c. 1745–1821). A member of the council of the East India Company and Governor-General of Bengal between
Thomas Archambaud
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Study of Scottish Gaelic Versions of ‘Snow-White’
Scottish Studies, 2006 No ...
Joy Fraser
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Legitimacy and Persuasion in the Anglo‐Scottish Wars of the 1540s
History, EarlyView.Abstract The considerable efforts of the invading English to justify their activities and garner support during the Anglo‐Scottish wars of the 1540s are well known. Recent welcome attention to Scottish texts produced during the conflict has begun to correct a previous historiographical imbalance towards English materials.
Amy Blakeway
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SENSE OF PLACE AND BELONGING IN SORLEY MACLEAN’S POETRY
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2019 Sense of place and belonging in Sorley MacLean’s Poetry. Placing himself in the wake of Hugh MacDiarmid’s Scottish Renaissance, Sorley MacLean initiated the Gaelic Renaissance with the same aim in view.
Daniela ROGOBETE
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MaxElide and Clause Structure in Scottish Gaelic [PDF]
Linguistic Inquiry, 2014 No abstract available.
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