Colour Terminology in Modern Irish : : A Comparative Study / / Mark Ó Fionnáin.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture Series ; Volume 35
• VerfasserIn: Ó Fionnáin, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; Volume 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 pages) :; illustrations.

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,...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• General Introduction
• 1 Theoretical Background
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Pre-modern Research on Colours and Colour Terminology
• 1.3 Modern Research on Basic Colour Terms
• 1.4 Research on Goidelic Basic Colour Terms
• 1.5 Lexicographical Works on the Goidelic Languages from a Diachronic Perspective
• 1.6 Concluding Remarks
• 2 An Analysis of Goidelic Basic Colour Terms on the Basis of Lexicographical and Didactic Material
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The Basic Colour Terms
• 2.3 Common Celtic Basic Colour Terms
• 2.4 The Historical Period from Old Irish onwards and the Shift in Colour Terminology
• 2.5 Unsaturated and Semantically Specialised Colour Terms
• 2.6 Modern Outside Influences
• 2.7 Concluding Remarks
• 3 An Analysis of Sayings and Placenames
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Proverbs and Sayings
• 3.3 Placenames
• 3.4 Concluding Remarks
• 4 Fieldwork
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Fieldwork
• 4.3 Concluding Remarks
• 5 Conclusions
• Appendix 1: Pictures
• Appendix 2: Questionnaire
• References
• Index.