Chris Scarre
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199281626
- eISBN:
- 9780191804311
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199281626.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Ancient History / Archaeology
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the megalithic monuments of Neolithic Brittany. It considers the origins of the megalithic monuments in the Mesolithic Period, ...
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This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the megalithic monuments of Neolithic Brittany. It considers the origins of the megalithic monuments in the Mesolithic Period, landscape studies of Neolithic monuments, and the possibility that the monuments were associated with animism, anthropomorphism, and the cult of stones. It also suggests that the construction of monuments in Brittany on the scale of the Carnac alignments or the Grand Menhir Brise' may have created ripples of knowledge and renown that spread far beyond Armorica.Less
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the megalithic monuments of Neolithic Brittany. It considers the origins of the megalithic monuments in the Mesolithic Period, landscape studies of Neolithic monuments, and the possibility that the monuments were associated with animism, anthropomorphism, and the cult of stones. It also suggests that the construction of monuments in Brittany on the scale of the Carnac alignments or the Grand Menhir Brise' may have created ripples of knowledge and renown that spread far beyond Armorica.
Karen P. Corrigan
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748634286
- eISBN:
- 9780748671441
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748634286.003.0005
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
Although universal and language-internal processes have operated to create the structural features Northern Irish English described elsewhere in the book, they were also generated by a combination of ...
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Although universal and language-internal processes have operated to create the structural features Northern Irish English described elsewhere in the book, they were also generated by a combination of external factors unique to this part of the world. Of particular importance is historical linguistic contact between populations induced by various migratory processes, including colonisation. In language contact settings, before any claim can be made about the origins of a particular structural feature or the manner in which it has been learned, it is crucial to establish a number of facts about the contact situation itself. In particular, there is the issue of the so-called ‘founder effect’ (Mufwene 2001: 28-29, 2008: 134-143; Thomason 2001: 93; Thomason and Kaufman 1988: 111). This chapter therefore addresses questions regarding the manner in which language shift spread within the region over time utilizing the models of communication network, dialect geography and language ecology introduced in Chapter 1.Less
Although universal and language-internal processes have operated to create the structural features Northern Irish English described elsewhere in the book, they were also generated by a combination of external factors unique to this part of the world. Of particular importance is historical linguistic contact between populations induced by various migratory processes, including colonisation. In language contact settings, before any claim can be made about the origins of a particular structural feature or the manner in which it has been learned, it is crucial to establish a number of facts about the contact situation itself. In particular, there is the issue of the so-called ‘founder effect’ (Mufwene 2001: 28-29, 2008: 134-143; Thomason 2001: 93; Thomason and Kaufman 1988: 111). This chapter therefore addresses questions regarding the manner in which language shift spread within the region over time utilizing the models of communication network, dialect geography and language ecology introduced in Chapter 1.
