Descripción del proyecto
Descifrado y creación de modelos del comportamiento del sujeto en las formas tempranas del irlandés y el gaélico
El período medieval temprano proporciona un corpus superviviente de las lenguas celtas de los grupos britónico y goidélico lo suficientemente grande como para someterlo a un análisis lingüístico. La lengua britónica de la que hay más testimonios en este período es el gaélico antiguo, la fase del gaélico de la que hay testimonios desde el 800 d. C. hasta principios del siglo XII. Existen testimonios de irlandés antiguo de entre el siglo VII y finales del siglo IX. Se trata de la forma más temprana de las lenguas goidélicas de la que ha sobrevivido un corpus de textos considerable. Al unir metodologías comparativas y filológicas con la lingüística cognitiva y la gramática de construcciones, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos MAIRWEN realizará un estudio crítico de los conceptos del sujeto y sus propiedades en estas lenguas.
Objetivo
The proposed project involves a critical examination of the concept of subject and subject properties in Old Irish and Old and Middle Welsh. The project has three objectives: 1) to determine subject properties in Old Irish and Old and Middle Welsh, 2) to investigate the applicability of subject tests proposed in the literature for the early Indo-European languages, modern Indo-European languages, and, specifically, Modern Irish and Modern Welsh to Old Irish and Old and Middle Welsh, and 3) to develop subject tests specifically for Old Irish and Old and Middle Welsh. The approach is rooted in the methodology and theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics and construction grammar, as well as in comparative and philological methodologies. Applying the tools of cognitive linguistics and construction grammar to Early Irish and Welsh, while remaining faithful to the comparative and philological framework, allows for the generation of the relevant knowledge of the grammar of Early Irish and Welsh that is needed to decipher and model subject behaviour in these languages. Working at Aberystwyth University will enable me to improve and deepen my skills and competencies in Early Welsh, Modern Welsh and Modern Irish. Expanding my current work, which has been focussed Medieval Irish, both laterally into medieval Welsh and vertically into the modern languages will significantly improve and increase my career opportunities. By the end of this project, I will have at least four articles and a monograph submitted for publication, demonstrating my capacity to carry out high-quality, independent research in Early Welsh as well as in Early Irish and theoretical linguistics, in addition to being able to speak and teach both Modern Irish and Modern Welsh at an advanced level, providing me with a strong chance to obtain a permanent academic position in Celtic linguistics.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinador
SY23 3BF Aberystwyth
Reino Unido