Search for dissertations about: "celtic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word celtic.

2. 1. The Autonomous and the Passive Progressive in 20th-Century Irish

   Author : Karin Hansson; Ailbhe Ó Corráin; Seosamh Watson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Celtic languages; autonomous; agent; corpus linguistics; impersonal; discourse function; Irish; passive; passive progressive; patient; topicality; Keltiska språk; Celtic languages; Keltiska språk; Celtic Languages; keltiska språk;

   Abstract : The present study deals with the use of two Irish verb constructions, the autonomous (e.g. cuireadh litreacha chun bealaigh, ‘letters were dispatched’) and the passive progressive (e.g. READ MORE

4. 2. Aided Derbforgaill "The violent death of Derbforgaill" : A critical edition with introduction, translation and textual notes

   Author : Kicki Ingridsdotter; Gregory Toner; Tomás Ó Cathasaigh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early Irish; Old Irish; Middle Irish; medieval Irish; aideda; death-tales; Derbforgaill; critical edition; manuscript; Tochmarc Emire; Serglige Con Culainn; medieval Irish literature; Celtic languages; Keltiska språk; Celtic Languages; keltiska språk;

   Abstract : This dissertation contains a critical edition of the early Irish tale Aided Derbforgaill “the violent death of Derbforgaill”. It includes an introduction discussing the main thematic components of the tale as well as intertextuality, transmission and manuscript relationship. READ MORE

5. 3. Iodine Isotopes and their Species in Surface Water from the North Sea to the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean

   Author : Peng He; Ala Aldahan; Per Roos; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; iodine isotopes; 129I; 127I; oceans; North Sea; speciation; Atlantic Ocean; English Channel; Celtic Sea; AMS; iodine chemistry; geochemistry; Earth Science with specialization in Environmental Analysis; Geovetenskap med inriktning mot miljöanalys;

   Abstract : Huge amounts of anthropogenic 129I have been and still are released to the environment through liquid and gaseous discharges from the nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities worldwide and in particular the ones in Europe. Most of this 129I signal has been accumulated in the marine environment which plays a major role in the iodine natural pool. READ MORE

6. 4. Glass, alcohol and power in Roman Iron Age Scotland - a study of the Roman vessel glass from non-Roman/native sites in north Northumberland and Scotland

   Author : Dominic Ingemark; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Celtic and Germanic drinking customs; Roman; Symbols of power; Material culture; Presitige goods systems; Roman–native exchange; Free Germany; Roman glass; Iron Age Northumberland Scotland; Wine; mead; beer; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is based on a study of Roman glass vessels found on non-Roman/native sites - chiefly of Roman Iron Age date (AD 0-400) - beyond Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain. Roman glass vessels have been discovered on 60 sites in total, the majority of which are settlements of various types, and only a minor part are graves. READ MORE

7. 5. Between Colonialism and Nationalism : Art, History, and Politics in James Joyce’s Ulysses

   Author : Irina Rasmussen Goloubeva; Ishrat Lindblad; Richard Brown; Emer Nolan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : English language; James Joyce; aesthetics; modernism; negativity; the modernist Sublime; modernity; liberalism; colonialism; nationalism; dialectical criticism; Hegel; Adorno; Rose; Jameson; Žižek; Engelska;

   Abstract : Through a thorough analysis of all eighteen episodes of Ulysses, this study advances a dialectical reading of Ireland’s pre-revolutionary imagination as it unfolds in James Joyce’s novel. By tracing Joyce’s engagements with British colonialism, national romanticism and the Celtic Revival, this study views Joyce’s modernist project as a comprehensive literary response to Ireland’s changing aesthetic sensibilities, political fortunes, and social concerns. READ MORE