The expansion and contraction of Gaelic in medieval Scotland: the onomastic evidence

该项目调查了中世纪苏格兰盖尔语名字的证据，主要是地名，重点是苏格兰东部和南部地区，在盖尔语中世纪扩张和收缩的高潮和低潮标志之间。它通过对法夫地区地名的综合分析来做到这一点，在13世纪盖尔语不再是主导语言。然后将使用在那里采用的方法，对整个研究区在遥远和文字贫乏时期的社会背景、区域差异和语言联系进行比较审查。

The project investigates the evidence of names, primarily place-names, for Gaelic in medieval Scotland, focusing on areas of eastern and southern Scotland, between the high and low tide-marks of Gaelic's medieval expansion and contraction. It does this through the comprehensive analysis of the place-names of a region, Fife, where Gaelic ceased to be the dominant language in the 13th century. The methodology employed there will then be used to produce a comparative examination of the whole study-zone with regard to social context, regional variation and linguistic contacts in a remote and text-poor period.