Apologies for the inactivity on this blog over the past few months due to work on my dissertation. The good news is that not only is the dissertation complete but it will feeding into this blog and research.The dissertation focussed on the linguistic links between the Gaelic dialects of Argyll and East Ulster, also looking at the dialects of Mann for wider context. During the research it was quite obvious that the absence of the Lowland Gaelic dialects of Galloway, Carrick and Ayrshire left a rather gaping hoping in the picture.
I'll be looking to fill this void based on was evidence we do have of Lowland Gaelic and hopefully be able to demonstrate the place that those dialects occupied within the wider Gaelic world.
Until then, here's a teaser. The following isogloss map shows the patterns of pre-aspiration to be found in various dialects. I'll go into an explanation of what this means in the full post to come. As you can see, the Lowland dialects would have agreed with the dialects of Ulster, Mann and South West Argyll.
More to come on this subject soon...
There will be a one day conference ' Galloway- Gaelic's Lost Province' in New Galloway 8 September 2018. For details see https://catstrand.cloudvenue.co.uk/gallowaygaelicconference
ReplyDeleteThanks Alistair. I'll certainly be in attendance. Taing dhuibh.
DeleteProf Robbie O'Maolalaigh of Glasgow University has been doing some excellent research on the topic of 'What was Galloway Gaelic like'. he last spoke on it last week at the Stove in Dumfries.
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