80 research outputs found
Towards a more complex language identity? An investigation of opinions on Scots in a sample of policy makers and others
The Scots in Shetland and the English in Scotland as a construction and as individuals
The article reconsiders some of the issues presented in author's doctoral dissertation and reflects on the ways in which the uses of history have created different meanings depending on political changes at a national and regional levels in Scottish and wider British contexts. For example, the meaning of 'the Scots in Shetland' has changed in recent decades as a result of changes in political and economic circumstances. The English in Scotland have been been often omitted from historiography in Scotland and it is only now, against the background of growing nationalism, that the case has been reconsidered. This has raised questions regarding the structural invisibility and homogenity of such groups. The article shows the complexity of making use of nationality as a criterion to explain ethno-cultural perceptions in British contexts and suggests an emphasis on distinctions between individual experiences and constructed images of national and regional identities.
Re-acquainting with the language of childhood and grandparents... and much more: A conversation with the author of the book Scots Language Learner
Kirja-arvosteluja
Outi Merisalo: Manu Scripta. Länsimaisen kirjan historia keskiajalla (500 – 1500). JYY:n julkaisusarja 69, Kampus Kustannus, Jyväskylä 2003.Military Governors and Imperial Frontiers c. 1600–1800. A Study of Scotland and Empires. Ed. by A. Mackillop and S. Murdoch. History of Warfare, Brill 2003.Barry Cunliffe: The Celts. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press: Oxford 2003
Kirja-arvosteluja – Book Reviews
Simon James: Keltit. Otava, Helsinki 2005.Thomas Bartlett, David Dickson, Dáire Keogh, Kevin Whelan (toim.) 1798. A Bicentenary Perspective. Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003.William Kelly ja John R. Young (toim.) Ulster and Scotland 1600–2000. History, Language and Identity. Four Court Press: Dublin 2004
Sosiaalisen statuksen vaikutus hyödykemarkkinoilla
Tutkielma on kirjallisuuskatsaus, jossa käsitellään sosiaalista statusta koskevaa taloustieteen kirjallisuutta. Erityisesti tarkastellaan sitä, miten statuksen signalointi vaikuttaa hyödykkeiden kysyntään ja käydään läpi keskeisimpiä statuskulutusta selittäviä malleja. Statuksen signaloinnin havaitaan synnyttävän ulkoisvaikutuksia muille kuluttajille, joita voidaan pyrkiä ehkäisemään verotuksen keinoin. Tarkoituksena on pohtia, minkälainen rooli statukselle on annettu taloustieteen teorioissa ja millaisia johtopäätöksiä olemassa olevan kirjallisuuden perusteella voidaan tehdä
Kirja-arvosteluja – Book reviews
Patrick McCafferty & Mike Baillie: The Celtic Gods. Comets in Irish Mythology. Stroud: Tempus 2005.Wilson McLeod (toim.): Revitalising Gaelic in Scotland. Policy, Planning and Public Discourse. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press 2006.Tom Sjöblom: Druidit – Tietäjiä, pappeja ja samaaneja. SKS Tietolipas 200. Helsinki: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura 2006.Liam Breatnach: A Companion to the Corpus Iuris Hibernici. Early Irish Law Series 5. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 2005
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