Léann na Teanga (Seminar series in Language Studies)
At 4.00pm on Friday 11th April, the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, in collaboration with UCD Humanities Institute, will welcome the senior editor of the New English-Irish Dictionary Pádraig Ó Mianáin to UCD for the final lecture in the Léann na Teanga seminar series. Dr Ó Mianáin will draw on his experience as editor of the Dictionary project for his talk in Irish entitled ‘Ceist na bailíochta i soláthar Gaeilge na foclóireachta comhaimseartha’ which will focus on validity in contemporary Irish lexicography. Attendance is free and is open to the general public. The New English-Irish Dictionary can be accessed online at http://www.focloir.ie/ga/.
Previous talks in this series:
‘“Ag caint leatsa”: Pobail chleachtais agus teanga na craoltóireachta’ [“Ag caint leatsa”: Communities of practice and the language of broadcasting] Siobhán Ní Laoire, Dublin Institute of Technology
Noel Ó Murchadha, Lárionad de Bhaldraithe, UCD ‘Múnlaí traidisiúnta agus malartacha i gcaighdeánú na Gaeilge’
‘Gnéithe den bhforainm sa Mheán-Ghaeilge’ [‘Aspects of the pronoun in Middle Irish’]Liam Breatnach, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies