Colour Terminology in Modern Irish

A Comparative Study

AvMark Ó Fionnáin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del 35 i serien Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture

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Beskrivning

This work looks at basic colour terms in Modern Irish by presenting the historical development of these terms since their earliest attestation and in comparison with the other Gaelic languages, namely, Scottish Gaelic and Manx. These terms are analysed based on lexicographical and didactic material, as well as their use in placenames and proverbs, resources with great potential but which have been underused in colour terminology research in general. Its conclusion is the presentation of fieldwork results with native speakers from all major Irish dialects based on their responses to the colours of items in pictures, research which has never been previously conducted, to see whether their use of colour terminology matches that as presented, and to comment on the current state of Irish basic colour terminology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-31
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:712 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
Antal sidor:340
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004539723

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Mark Ó Fionnáin, Ph.D. (2011), the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, is Associate Professor in the Department of Celtic Studies. He has published various articles on the Gaelic languages and related issues of translation.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsList of FiguresGeneral Introduction1 Theoretical Background1.1 Introduction1.2 Pre-modern Research on Colours and Colour Terminology1.3 Modern Research on Basic Colour Terms1.4 Research on Goidelic Basic Colour Terms1.5 Lexicographical Works on the Goidelic Languages from a Diachronic Perspective1.6 Concluding Remarks2 An Analysis of Goidelic Basic Colour Terms on the Basis of Lexicographical and Didactic Material2.1 Introduction2.2 The Basic Colour Terms2.3 Common Celtic Basic Colour Terms2.4 The Historical Period from Old Irish onwards and the Shift in Colour Terminology2.5 Unsaturated and Semantically Specialised Colour Terms2.6 Modern Outside Influences2.7 Concluding Remarks3 An Analysis of Sayings and Placenames3.1 Introduction3.2 Proverbs and Sayings3.3 Placenames3.4 Concluding Remarks4 Fieldwork4.1 Introduction4.2 Fieldwork4.3 Concluding Remarks5 ConclusionsAppendix 1: PicturesAppendix 2: QuestionnaireReferencesIndex