Progress in Medieval Irish Lexicography
Queen’s University Belfast
15-16 September 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS
This symposium on Medieval Irish Lexicography will be hosted by the electronic
Dictionary of the Irish Language (eDIL) project at Queen’s University Belfast from
15th to 16th of September, 2011. The eDIL project is now nearing completion of a
supplement to the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of the Irish Language based
on a thorough examination of scholarly articles and papers published since 1932.
The supplement will consist of over 3000 corrected and supplementary entries
and will be available on the eDIL site (www.dil.ie).
The symposium is intended to bring together experts working in medieval Irish
language with a view to exploring major trends and advances in our
understanding of the lexicon since the publication of DIL’s various fascicles and
in particular since the completion of the Dictionary in 1976.
Papers are particularly welcome in the areas of law, medicine, the Church,
material culture, onomastics, medieval glossaries, cryptology, loanwords and
reuse of the lexicon in the modern language. Papers may explore the relationship
between lexicography and the process of editing and translation, single
significant words, categories of words, the lexicon of a selected text, or the dating
of particular words. It is hoped that the symposium will help to identify success
factors in advancing our understanding of the lexicon, as well as bring potentially
productive areas of research to light and highlight outstanding problems and
desiderata.
Each paper should last no longer than 20 minutes.
Those wishing to read a paper at the conference should submit a title and brief
summary (c.200 words) to the eDIL project at the address below. Closing date for
abstracts: 3 June, 2011.
For further information, or to register interest, contact:
Ms Clare Marks
Irish and Celtic Studies
Queen’s University
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
Tel. +44 (0)28 9097 5366
Or email: g.bondarenko@qub.ac.uk
The eDIL project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
PROGRESS IN MEDIEVAL IRISH LEXICOGRAPHY
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
15-16 September 2011
PAPER PROPOSAL
Family Name:
First Name:
Affiliation:
Postal Address:
Telephone:
Email:
Title of Paper:
Abstract:
(c.200 words)
Please complete the details above and return this form to:
Dr Grigory Bondarenko
Irish and Celtic Studies
Queen’s University
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
g.bondarenko@qub.ac.uk