This dissertation analyzes the language used by 20 adult heritage Welsh speakers now living in London, i.e., bilinguals who shifted to English dominance in childhood, and whose Welsh proficiencies now show divergences from baseline norms as a result of incomplete acquisition and attrition. The grammars of these heavily imbalanced bilinguals are compared with baseline informants (20 Welsh-dominant controls) on a narrative elicitation task, in which the informants tell the story of a children's wordless picture book (Frog, Where Are You? by Mercer Mayer). The samples collected for this project (Appendix II.1) constitute the first corpus of heritage Welsh. / Celtic Languages and Literatures

From the Celtic invasions of the fourth century, B.C., until its union with England in 1800, Ireland developed its own distinctive Celtic culture. Its Christian religion, language and literature, law, social structure and land system were of Celtic origin and different from neighboring England's. Almost twelve hundred years of independence allowed Ireland to establish its unique qualities and become recognized as a nation. Then came three hundred years of English occupation and desultory control followed by two hundred and fifty more years of English conquest, confiscation and disruptive colonization. Finally came almost one hundred years of English economic subjugation and suppressed Irish indignation until nationalist Ireland in revolt was made a part of frightened England in 1800. The years of independence produced a unique cultural tradition which English strength changed but could not extinguish. What remained in 1800, supported by an irrepressible demand for national independence, was Ireland's Celtic tradition.

Reading of the poetics of Beppe Fenoglio in relation to the philosophical and religious systems of the ancient Celts, a people who dominated the territory of Piedmont from the IV century BC to the I century AD. / A brief explanation of the history of Piedmont from prehistoric times, through Ligurian and Celtic domination, to Roman conquest and the consequent partial romanization of the territory will introduce the subject. / Certain aspects of the religion of the Celts, as described both by classical authors and modern scholars, will be examined in the context of beliefs, customs, and traditions of modern rural Piedmont using interviews (See Appendix ) conducted in Beppe Fenoglio's homeland, the Langhe. / Rural Piedmontese traditions and beliefs will be identified in the works of Fenoglio, particularly in Il partigiano Johnny and La malora, in order to describe the nexus that ties the concept of nature and the view of life and death expressed in the works with the naturalism of the ancient Celts.

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Thesis (M.A.). / Written for the Dept. of Art History and Communication Studies. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/07/24). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2000.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-174).

Orientador: Karin Volobuef / Banca: Jacob dos Santos Biziak / Banca: Salma Ferraz de Olveira / Banca: Fabiane Renata Borsato / Banca: Maria Dolores Aybar Ramirez / Resumo: Nesta tese realizamos análises morfológicas e socioculturais de contos maravilhosos celtas, que à época de seus registros, encontravam-se em circulação nas tradições orais da Irlanda, Escócia e Ilha de Man. Aqui serão estudadas narrativas de diferentes organizações estruturais, com o objetivo de delimitarmos as principais diferenças formais e de conteúdo veiculados, seja pela presença de temas distintos, explícitos ou implícitos, ou nos modos de abordagem dos mesmos temas. Entretanto, procuramos também salientar as semelhanças mantidas por todas essas formas narrativas, as quais nem sempre são evidentes, principalmente quando relacionadas às funções proppianas e às práticas socioculturais nelas refletidas. A diferença estrutural entre os contos analisados exigiu uma combinação de diretrizes para que obtivéssemos maior precisão nas descrições morfológicas obtidas, assim, empregamos os modelos de Propp (2006), Bremond (2011) e Greimas (COURTÉS, 1979), os quais corroboraram a função de cada elemento, além de complementarem-se mutuamente, a partir de perspectivas diversas. A concepção proppiana torna-se essencial para o tipo de análise sociocultural proposta, ao remeter suas funções aos rituais tribais primais. Contudo, por ser específico aos contos de magia, certas organizações narrativas necessitaram ser delimitadas a partir dos outros dois modelos, de modo a conseguirmos remetê-las, posteriormente, às funções proppianas, ou mesmo a fragmentos delas que, de outro modo, passari... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This thesis develops morphological and sociocultural analyses of Celtic folk tales which were part of the oral traditions of Ireland, Scotland and Isle of Man by the time they were registered. We have studied narratives which feature diverse types of structural organizations to determine the main differences between them, considering both their form and contents and the manners they treat the same subjects or different ones, being them explicitly or implicitly expressed. We also intend to evince the similarities of narrative organization, which are not always so obvious, mainly when related to the Proppian functions and the social practices reflected by them. The structural deviances of such tales have demanded the use of three theoretical guidelines in order to provide a precise description of their morphology, which are the Proppian model (2006), the Bremondian model (2011) and the Greimasian model (COURTÉS, 1979), so that the elements are corroborated and complemented by considering different perspectives. The Proppian model is essential regarding the nature of the sociocultural analyses proposed here, related to tribal rituals and myths. However, being the Proppian model specific for the so called magic tales, the description of other kinds of narrative organization must be reached by means of the other two models. After that, we refer their results to the Proppian functions, or at least parts of them, so that they can be found even inside complex situations. From the obt... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-05-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:47:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cantarelli_rv_me_arafcl.pdf: 975746 bytes, checksum: 6701d5971ef23e695d432090aba1591d (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Este trabalho tem como objetivo verificar as transformações ocorridas em seis contos maravilhosos celtas, coletados por Ellis (1999) e Jacobs (1894; 2001), por meio da identificação de elementos tardios presentes nas narrativas, pertencentes às sociedades celta ou advindos de outras culturas, bem como alterações no estilo padrão deste gênero. Para tanto, recorremos à análise morfológica dos elementos constituintes do conto, juntamente com o estudo de seu estilo. A seguir foram realizadas análises para determinar os fatores socioculturais implicados em sua composição: as origens primitivas e mitológicas de seus motivos, os elementos inerentes à cultura celta e aqueles relacionados a fatores sociais em geral; além disso, verificamos também o percurso das principais personagens, baseado na teoria actancial. Por último, destacamos as transformações mais relevantes dos contos, identificadas por meio das informações conjuntas obtidas em todas as análises empreendidas. Esse trabalho é importante por contribuir para o estabelecimento de possíveis parâmetros de como tais contos se desenvolvem na sociedade celta, possibilitando a especificação de cânones em sua evolução, cujas informações poderão ser utilizadas como ferramentas comparativas em estudos posteriores relativos à composição de narrativas populares de outras sociedades, localizadas em diferentes regiões do mundo / This paper‟s objective is to analyze six Celtic wonder tales collected by Ellis (1999) and Jacobs (1894; 2001), in search of their evolutionary transformations. This shall be done by identifying late elements deriving from the Celtic society and other cultures, as well as the changes in the standard style of the genre. In order to achieve that, we went through the morphological analysis of the tales‟ constitutive elements, together with stylistic studies. Next, such elements were subjected to social and cultural analysis, such as the identification of their primitive or mythological sources; those elements which were related specifically to the Celtic society and those generated by other social factors in a more general way; moreover, it was accomplished the actantial analysis of the characters‟ development. Finally, we pointed out the main transformations in the tales identified by means of the results obtained in all the performed analyses. The importance of this study lies on the possibility of establishing parameters for the tales evolution in the Celtic society, which can lead to specific canons related to this process. The results here obtained are supposed to operate as comparison tools for later researches related to the composition of this type of narrative inherent to societies other than the Celtics ones, from other regions of the world