Cumhachd Àireamhan: Cinneachadh nan Taobhach Caola agus Eisimpleir Eile de Ro-chainnteachd
- Submitting institution
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University of Glasgow
: B - 26B - Celtic and Gaelic
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics : B - 26B - Celtic and Gaelic
- Output identifier
- 26B-11693
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 7
- Publisher
- Celtic & Gaelic, University of Glasgow
- ISBN
- 9780903204262
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/198860/
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- -
- Author contribution statement
- -
- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- Using the uniquely rich phonetic data of Survey of Gaelic Dialects of Scotland (SGDS), this paper investigates the merger and partial merger of palatalised lateral phonemes in Scottish Gaelic dialects. Quantitative analysis reveals for the first time the statistically significant (and non-significant) phonological environments for two opposing developments, suggesting hyperdialectism as an explanation for one. Detailed analysis of archive material (written and sound recordings), including newly-discovered unpublished materials, reveals that transcription practices of fieldworkers and editors must be examined when analysing SGDS materials. The paper sets a model and standard for future study of the fine-grained phonetic materials of SGDS
