Bibliography — Classification Index
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C 3.5: Multilingualism, language contact: between Irish and Norse
7957.
Cox
(Richard A. V.): Towards a taxonomy of contact onomastics: Norse place-names in Scottish Gaelic.
In
JSNS 3
(2009), pp. 15–28.
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5902.
Cox
(Richard A. V.): The Norse element in Scottish place names: syntax as a chronological marker.
In
Unity in diversity
(2004), pp. 37–49.
Argues in favour of a Scandinavian model for the X of Y (Nicolaisen’s
Burn of
) type of names.
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Rekdal
(Jan Erik): Den nordiske innflytelse på irsk og skotsgælisk språk, særlig i ordforråd og stednavn: en oversikt.
In
Maal og minne
(1987), pp. 39–50.
Rev. by
François
Émion
,
in
ÉtC 26 (1989), pp. 269-271.
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2303.
Sayers
(William): Vífill: captive Gael, freeman settler, Icelandic forbear.
In
Ainm 6
(1994), pp. 46–55.
Suggests it is a calque on an Irish name containing
dóel
or
cíar
.
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16738.
Gammeltoft
(Peder): Scandinavian-Gaelic contacts: can place-names and place-name elements be used as a source for contact-linguistic research?
In
NOWELE 44
(2004), pp. 51–90.
In Appendix: Scandinavian loans in Gaelic.
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2312.
Sayers
(William): The nickname of Björn
Buna
and the Celtic interlude in the settlement of Iceland.
In
Ainm 7
(1996), pp. 51–66.
Suggests Irish origin.
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14056.
Ó Corráin
(Donnchadh): Old Norse and medieval Irish: bilingualism in Viking-age Dublin.
In
Dublin in the medieval world
(2009), pp. 63–72.
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Grant
(Alison): A new approach to the inversion compounds of North-West England.
In
Nomina 25
(2002), pp. 65–90.
Examines place-names in Cumberland and Westmorland for Hiberno-Norse influence.
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Borgstrøm
(Carl Hj.): On the influence of Norse on Scottish Gaelic: preaspiration of stops and pitch patterns.
In
Lochlann 6
(1974), pp. 91–103.
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Oftedal
(Magne): “Ardroil” .
In
Fs. Sommerfelt
(1972), pp. 111–125.
Criticises and corrects W. J. Watson and G. Henderson’s methodology for reconstructing underlying Old Norse place-names in (especially Outer Hebrides) Scottish Gaelic.
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3116.
Cox
(Richard A. V.): The Norse element in Scottish Gaelic.
In
ÉtC 29
(1992), pp. 136–145.
Examines the phonology and morphology of both lexical and toponymic loan material.
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