Essays about: "Old Irish"

Found 3 essays containing the words Old Irish.

  1. 1. The Semantics of Old Irish Landscape Vocabulary : Differentiation and Cognitive Linguistic Categorization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Rebecca Madlener; [2022]
    Keywords : Old Irish; Historical Semantics; Landscape Semantics; Semantic Differentiation; Cognitive Semantic Categorization;

    Abstract : This project investigates the cognitive linguistic categories that structure the Old Irish landscape lexicon. The semantics of basic landscape vocabulary are differentiated based on collocate analysis and close reading of relevant text passages. READ MORE

  3. 2. Searching for the greater Capricorn beetle : a methodological review of training dogs for a conservational purpose

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Linnea Ingelsbo; [2021]
    Keywords : dog search; Cerambyx cerdo; conservation detection dog; quercus; dog behaviour; swedish oak history;

    Abstract : The Greater Capricorn beetle Cerambyx cerdo is an endangered species both in Sweden (CR) and internationally (VU). The substrate, old Oak, dropped heavily in numbers in Sweden during the 19th century, which left the beetle without suitable habitats. The only remaining population is on Öland, an island on the Swedish east coast. READ MORE

  4. 3. Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Robert Farren; [2014]
    Keywords : Irish; Middle Irish; Old Norse; loanwords; semantic domains; lexical borrowing; Vikings; prototypicality; radial networks; semantic change.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study questions the received wisdom that surviving Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish are fewer than 50 in number and are mostly shipping-related. The eventual goal is a complete survey of all Old Norse loanwords still “in common use in modern Irish” (Greene 1976: 80), since nothing of the sort has been found in the literature. READ MORE