Studies on Celtic Languages before the Year 1000

Sims-Williams, Patrick, Studies on Celtic Languages before the Year 1000 (Aberystwyth, CMCS Publications, 2007) RAE2008

Celtic languages in European Higher Education: CRAMLAP - Celtic, Regional and Minority Languages Abroad Project

The Celtic, Regional and Minority Languages Abroad
Project (CRAMLAP) is funded by the European Commission
to research the provision and pedagogy of regional
and minority languages outside their national borders in
Europe. The teaching of Celtic languages across Europe
was the focus in year one (2003-2004). This article summarizes
the qualitative data received in response to
questionnaires sent to institutions across Europe offering
Celtic Studies. Responses indicated that Celtic Studies
are quite widely available across Europe. The languages
are taught in comparative linguistics, linguistics and English
departments, with few dedicated Celtic departments
or sections outside the Celtic countries. Irish is supported
abroad by Irish government grant aid which will
become more widely available in the immediate future.
Many of the teachers have considerable experience, but
limited pedagogic training. The lack of suitable teaching
resources is the most commonly expressed concern.

The eastern origin of the Celtic nations proved by a comparison of their dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic languages. Forming a supplement to Researches into the physical history of mankind.

Mode of access: Internet.

Celtic studies from the German

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Celtic researches,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Welsh Language Act 1993 - A Measure of Success?

Huws, C., The Welsh Language Act 1993 - A Measure of Success?, Language Policy, 5(2) pp.141-160 RAE2008

Arthur’s refusal to eat: ritual and control in the romance feast

Arthur's refusal to begin feasting before he has seen a marvel or heard a tale of adventure is a recurring motif in medieval romance. Previous comment on this ritual has suggested that the source for such a taboo on eating may be found in earlier narratives in the Celtic languages. This paper argues that, although the ritual almost certainly originates in pre-chivalric society, romance authors adapted and developed it to reflect the courtly-chivalric preoccupations of their own world. Arthur's ritual gesture may be seen as a means of containing and controlling both interior moral threats and exterior physical peril, and is intimately connected to the courtly conception of the feast. This study draws on the evidence of religious writing and courtesy manuals and explores some highly-developed treatments of the motif in romance in order to suggest that literary engagements with Arthur's refusal to eat have much to say about contemporary ideas of ritual and reality as mediated through the symbolically-charged arena of the medieval feast.

Originum Gallicarum liber. In quo veteris & nobilissimae Gallorum gentis origines, antiquitates, mores, lingua & alia eruuntur & illustrantur.

Mode of access: Internet.

Ferienschriften. Vermischte abhandlungen zur geschlichte der deutschen und keltischen sprache.

1. hft. Ueber das verhältnis der deutschen sprache zu den keltischen sprachen. Einige bemerkungen zu altdeutschen eigennamen. Grammatik des auf der insel Man gesprochenen dialectes der gaelischen sprache oder des manxischen.--2. hft. Grammatik der irischen sprache.

Bibliotheca celtica /

Vols. for 1929/1933-1949/1952 also called n.s., v. 1-5; 1953-1957 called ser. 3, v. 1-5.

Vorgeschichte Roms. ...

The volumes differ in size. Vol. 2 has additional title-page with the special title.

Revue celtique.

Microfilm.

Celtica ...

Vol. 2 in 2 parts; part 2 published by A. Liesching & Company.