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Okra in translation: Asylum seekers, food, and integration
(John Benjamins, 2021-06-18)This article explores the theme of food translation, based on research conducted in Italy in 2018 with a group of asylum seekers from different West African countries. It concentrates on a community gardening project ... -
Old names for the River Suck and associated sites
(Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, 2020)This paper examines the evidence indicating that the names Bré and Dubainn Bré (and variants thereof) may be regarded as older, alternative names for the river Suck. It also considers textual references to some other ... -
On the meaning of 'baile (buile)', and the interpretation of the poem beginning 'Rop tú mo baile'
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Op weg naar Broxeele: the production of shared spaces
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Open educational resources for online language teacher training: conceptual framework and practical implementation
(AIRCC Publishing Corporation, 2022)This paper discusses a conceptual framework for the design of Open Educational Resources (OERs) for online language teacher training including an example of practical implementation. The authors identify in the principles ... -
The origins of the preterite of the Old Irish copula and substantive verb: an overview and new ideas
(University of Wales Press, 2012-12)As is well known, Old Irish presented a morphological and functional distinction between the copula and the so-called 'substantive verb'. While in the present indicative the former is based on the PIE root *h1es- and the ... -
‘Our cat has the power’: the polysemy of a third language in maintaining the power/solidarity equilibrium in family interactions
(Routledge, 2021-01-30)This article examines how power and solidarity in family relations are negotiated along linguistic lines, and in particular, the role of a third language in this negotiation process. It takes as its case study a transnational ... -
Ó chroí amach: ceist na haéistéitice in amhránaíocht na Gaeilge
(Cló Iar-Chonnacht, 2002)[No abstract available] -
PAISAGE - Portal Audiovisual Intercultural sobre el Aprendizaje de Gaélico y Español
(NUI Galway, 2011-09-21)Esta presentación ilustra un proyecto cooperativo entre Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge y el departamento de español en la Universidad de Galway. Investiga el potencial de tecnologías audiovisuales para mejorar la ... -
Petrarch goes west: translation and the literary canon
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-09-08)This article addresses the translation of Petrarch's work on the Western fringes of Europe demonstrating how the appropriation and transformation of the European literary canon served domestic ends in Ireland in the ... -
A phonetic comparison of two Irish English varieties
(International Society of Experimental Linguistics, 2020-10-12)This research offers a preliminary survey on vowels and diphthong variation between two Irish English varieties: Galway (GW) and Letterkenny (LK). The results showed only a smaller difference between GW and LK with respect ... -
The place-names of Co. Roscommon
(Geography Publications, 2018)Roscommon is one of five counties comprising the province of Connacht, bounded to the west by the counties of Galway and Mayo, by Sligo and Leitrim at all points to the north, and by Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath to the ... -
Placenames database of Ireland: Bunachar logainmneacha na hÉireann
(County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, 2009)The purpose of this article is to give a brief overview of the online Placenames Database of Ireland (www.logainm.ie). This article will also examine the relevance and importance of this database in relation to research ... -
Plean teanga chathair na Gaillimhe 2020 - 2026
(Gaillimh le Gaeilge, 2021-06-30)Plean Teanga do Chathair na Gaillimhe arna ullmhú faoi Acht na Gaeltachta 2012/Irish Language Plan for Galway City as prepared under the Gaeltacht Act 2012. -
Prolegomena to the study of code-switching in the Old Irish Glosses
(Brepols, 2014)This article investigates the frequent alternation of Latin and Old Irish in several collections of Early Medieval Irish glosses (especially focussing on the glosses to the Epistles of St Paul in Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, ... -
Proyecto de innovación: la habilidad oral y auralen el Inglés universitario: viejos retos, nuevas soluciones
(Foro Internacional sobre Evaluación de la Calidad de la Investigación y de la Educación Superior (FECIES), 2014-07-08)La lengua inglesa se ha convertido en un patrón estándar de comunicación dentro del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, facilitando la movilidad, el aprendizaje y la convergencia entre los países de la Unión a través ...