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Native and Natural: Aspects of the Concepts of 'Right' and 'Freedom' in Irish: 13 (Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays and Monographs) - Softcover

McQuillan, Peter

 
9780268034771: Native and Natural: Aspects of the Concepts of 'Right' and 'Freedom' in Irish: 13 (Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays and Monographs)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 026803477X ISBN 13: 9780268034771
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003

Synopsis

Peter McQuillan analyzes a number of key words in the Irish language-duchas, duthaigh, dual, and saoirse-along with derivatives and associated terms in order to reveal their relationships to historical and cultural texts. He demonstrates how the pragmatic, semantic, and syntactic range of these terms evolved over time in relation to differing historical conditions, thereby underscoring characteristic features of the Irish language and of Irish cultural attitudes, practices, and experiences. McQuillan establishes affiliations between these ranges and the sometimes catastrophic changes that beset the culture in which these concepts played such a defining role. The discussions are situated within the linguistic-anthropological theories of Boas, Sapir, Whorf, Voloshonov, Pierce, Saussure, and other scholars, such as Silverstein and Wierzbecka.

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About the Author

Peter McQuillan is associate professor or Irish language and literature at University of Notre Dame.

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Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
026803477X
ISBN 13 
9780268034771
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
296