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On Greek and Latin names in Early Modern Irish syllabic verse

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Title:	On Greek and Latin names in Early Modern Irish syllabic verse
Authors:	Darwin, Gregory
Source:	Celtica. 33
Subject Terms:	Keltiska språk, Celtic Languages
Description:	The present article offers an overview of Classical personal and place-names found in Early Modern Irish syllabic verse. The relative frequency of these names is discussed, and names are subjected to metrical analysis. Two categories of names are distinguished: those borrowed in Middle Irish or earlier, characterized by the loss of final syllables and other types of assimilation, and later borrowings, in which the Latin spelling is largely preserved. The evidence suggests that poets pronounced Latin words in a manner consistent with the evidence of later medieval Latin writing from Ireland, and that the influence of French and English pronunciation of Latin was minimal. Features of contemporary Irish pronunciation of Latin, especially the assibilation of and antepenultimate or penultimate stress, are applied even to Classical names borrowed from Middle or Early Modern Irish sources. An appendix lists all of the poems discussed, and identifies the Classical content within each poem.
File Description:	electronic
Access URL:	https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-460945 https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1618565/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Database:	SwePub

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