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Article: Celtic Presence: Studies in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- January 1, 2007
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Celtic Presence: Studies in Celtic Languages and Literatures. Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish. By Piotr Stalmaszczyk. Lodz: Lodz University Press. 2005. 197 pp. ISBN 978-83-7171-849-6.
This volume is primarily a survey of various aspects of the Celtic field for non-Celticists, and, in that light, it is to be welcomed.
Chapter I, 'Celtic Elements in English Vocabulary', itemizes loanwords mainly from the Gaelic languages (e.g. from Irish, galore, shamrock, Tory; from Scottish Gaelic, loch, slogan, whisky) but also a handful from the Brittonic languages (e.g. from Welsh, coracle, corgi, flummery; from Cornish, wrasse; from Breton via French, bijou). ...