Celtic Linguistics, 1700-1850: pt. 2. A grammar of Iberno-Celtic, or Irish language
Author: James Parsons
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9780415204828
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Author: James Parsons
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9780415204828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Cowles Prichard
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 722
ISBN-13: 9780415204842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel R. Davis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9780415204828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adolphe Pictet
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780415204859
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel R. Davis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780415204811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel R. Davis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780415204842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven Roger Fischer
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2004-10-03
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1861895941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer begins his book with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of "language" might be applied. As he charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus, Neanderthal humans and Homo sapiens through to the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed, Fischer analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form. He considers the rise of pidgin, creole, jargon and slang, as well as the effects radio and television, propaganda, advertising and the media are having on language today. Looking to the future, he shows how electronic media will continue to reshape and re-invent the ways in which we communicate. "[a] delightful and unexpectedly accessible book ... a virtuoso tour of the linguistic world."—The Economist "... few who read this remarkable study will regard language in quite the same way again."—The Good Book Guide
Author: James Kelly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-02-28
Total Pages: 878
ISBN-13: 110834075X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of 'Protestant Ascendancy' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth century when that ascendancy was at its peak; and the nineteenth century when the Protestant elite sustained a determined rear-guard defence in the face of the emergence of modern Catholic nationalism. Employing a chronology that is not bound by traditional datelines, this volume moves beyond the familiar political narrative to engage with the economy, society, population, emigration, religion, language, state formation, culture, art and architecture, and the Irish abroad. It provides new and original interpretations of a critical phase in the emergence of a modern Ireland that, while focused firmly on the island and its traditions, moves beyond the nationalist narrative of the twentieth century to provide a history of late early modern Ireland for the twenty-first century.
Author: Jan Niehues
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2008-11
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 3640214080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThesis (M.A.) from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Marburg, 80 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The perceived lack of Celtic loanwords in English has generally been seen as proof that the Anglo-Saxon invaders made short notice of their Celtic predecessors when they took possession of Britain during the fifth century. Thus, the Celts simply would not have had the chance to leave their mark on the English language as they were either killed, driven into the sea or had to take refuge in the mountainous West and North of Britain. The possibility of any Celtic influence on the very structure of English has been discounted altogether. In recent years, this view has met mounting opposition from different fields of study. New archaeological evidence as well as a methodological reassessment have called for a examination of the history of the Anglo-Saxon immigration. Besides, new advances in contact linguistics provide tools with which a more detailed look on the history of the English language has become possible.