Toute langue est-elle commodifiable ? Quelques réflexions à partir de la situation actuelle du gaélique et de l’écossais en Écosse by James Costa Wilson

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La protecció de les llengües minoritàries a l'Administració pública del Regne Unit: un estudi comparatiu de Gal·les i d’Escòcia by Alessia Vacca

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<i>‘Bidh mi Cumha mu d’ Dhéibhinn gu Bràth’</i> [I Shall Grieve for You Forever]: Early Nova Scotian Gaelic Laments by Effie Rankin

“…Gaelic laments played an integral role in the deathways of the Highland Scots of Nova Scotia. …”
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Clans, Families and Kinship Structures in Scotland—An Essay by Bruce Durie

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Le gaélique en Nouvelle-Écosse : survivance d’une langue orale au Nouveau Monde by Ken Nilsen

“…In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, several thousand Scots came to settle in what became Nova Scotia (Canada), bringing with them their language, Gaelic. …”
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Greek lyric: a view from the north by Allan, W

“…This chapter considers some key moments in the reception of Greek lyric in Scotland, with examples from the major linguistic forms of Scottish literature: Gaelic, Scots, Latin, and English. The reception of Greek lyric in English poetry, and especially the translation or adaptation of Pindar, Sappho, and (the) Anacreon(tea), has attracted a good deal of discussion. …”

Nature’s Song under the Bombs: Pastoral Echoes in some Scottish War Poems by Stéphanie NOIRARD

“…After a rapid overview of Gaelic, Scots and English nature writing, this article explores the particular roles of this tradition in World War I and World War II poetry, both in terms of theme and structure, focusing particularly on aural elements. …”
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THE KILT AS A SYMBOL OF SCOTTISH IDENTITY by E. V. Voevoda

“…The analysis of the existing approaches to studying identity and defnitions of the concept suggested by psychologists, philosophers, sociologists and experts in cultural studies allows to conclude that the kilt as one of the informal symbols of Scotland can be considered as a symbol of both cultural and national identity: the latter is explained by the fact that Scotland has such forms of statehood as autonomy, a coat of arms, a flag, an anthem, its own parliament and languages – Scots (Anglo-Scottish) and Gaelic. The tradition of wearing the kilt by the representatives of the royal family, popularizing “Scottishness” by means of the tourist and entertainment industries makes it possible to speak about a new phenomenon – the perception of the kilt as the symbol of both Scottish and British culture.…”
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Total war in Tudor England by Gunn, S

“…Yet Henry’s people spent something like half his reign at war, against the French, the Scots, the Gaelic lords of Ireland, rebels at home, or even England’s traditional allies in the Low Countries. …”

Relics, dreams, voyages: world baroque by Davidson, P

“…Diversity of exiles: Jacobites and recusant Catholics; wandering Gaelic scholars; mercenary soldiers and their visual culture; art dealers in eighteenth-century Rome. …”