The Semantic Development of the Irish and Welsh Words for Fighting

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dc.contributor.advisor	Ó'Flaithearta, M.
dc.contributor.author	Muller, H.T.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-19T17:05:50Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-19T17:05:50Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/29705
dc.description.abstract	This investigation answers the question: What is the direction of the semantic development of the cognate words for fighting in Irish and Welsh? Traugott, building on the work of Meillet, argued that the tendency for words is to develop a more internal and subjective meaning. This underlies the hypothesis that the direction is ‘word’ >‘discussion’ >‘heated discussion’ >‘physical confrontation’ >‘fight’ and the development was not the reverse. The analysis of the word-pairs bríathar-brwydr, focal-gwaethl, dál-dadl, comrac-cyfranc, cath-cad, ár-aer and gleo-glew demonstrates that the direction of the semantic development is ‘word’ >‘discussion’ >‘heated discussion’ >‘physical confrontation’ >‘fight’.
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	The Semantic Development of the Irish and Welsh Words for Fighting
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Celtic, Semantic development, Subjectification, Etymology
dc.subject.courseuu	Keltische talen en cultuur