Cànan & CultarThis volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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MS 2864 in the Special Collections department of Aberdeen University Library comprises original material by Sorley MacLean and George Campbell Hay . The most precious item is a black loose - leaf binder of reduced size , containing the ...
MS 2864 in the Special Collections department of Aberdeen University Library comprises original material by Sorley MacLean and George Campbell Hay . The most precious item is a black loose - leaf binder of reduced size , containing the ...
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MacLean's protracted ambivalence about ' An Cuilithionn ' emerges in a late letter to librarian Dugald McArthur , deposited with this volume and written from his home in Peinnachorrain , Braes , Skye on December 16th 1980 : I am very ...
MacLean's protracted ambivalence about ' An Cuilithionn ' emerges in a late letter to librarian Dugald McArthur , deposited with this volume and written from his home in Peinnachorrain , Braes , Skye on December 16th 1980 : I am very ...
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central tendencies in MacLean's writing and , while the effect of their inclusion on the overall structure of ' An Cuilithionn ' is a topic open to debate , that they should have remained unpublished is a genuine loss to the poet's ...
central tendencies in MacLean's writing and , while the effect of their inclusion on the overall structure of ' An Cuilithionn ' is a topic open to debate , that they should have remained unpublished is a genuine loss to the poet's ...
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
adjectives agus airson Alba animals appears bhith called century chaidh Chambers Chan eil complex composed concordance cuid cuideachd dance death dhèanamh Domhnaill eadar early English example faic fear formal prose gach Gaelic Gaels Gàidhlig genitive give given gu bheil gu robh Highlands Iain iarainn interesting Ireland Irish kings language leis lines Loch Lochlann material math mentioned modified nach nonconcordance noted noun nuair obair original perhaps phrase poem poetry position possible prepositional present printed reference registers relation robh says Scotland Scottish seems sinn sources speakers stad suggested Table term thaobh thug toirt tradition translation uair uile University variation wake writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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