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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Table 10 : Noun concordance data : feminine , singular , indefinite , genitive Radio Interview Concordance 3.00 Conversation 3.15 News Scripts 3.69 Trad Narrative 5.51 Fiction 6.11 Popular Writing 6.81 Sports Reportage 7.21 Formal Prose ...
Table 10 : Noun concordance data : feminine , singular , indefinite , genitive Radio Interview Concordance 3.00 Conversation 3.15 News Scripts 3.69 Trad Narrative 5.51 Fiction 6.11 Popular Writing 6.81 Sports Reportage 7.21 Formal Prose ...
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If we examine the examples in Table 23 , we see that none of them evince this kind of construction . Example 3 in Table 22 approaches the kind of complexity observed in written language , with a long relative clause containing three ...
If we examine the examples in Table 23 , we see that none of them evince this kind of construction . Example 3 in Table 22 approaches the kind of complexity observed in written language , with a long relative clause containing three ...
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Table 24 : Multiple genitives in formal prose 1 . ... This explains the larger number of returns in the tables below , showing more > 1 adjective complex NP , than in those dealing with only one adjective . Some of the spoken examples ...
Table 24 : Multiple genitives in formal prose 1 . ... This explains the larger number of returns in the tables below , showing more > 1 adjective complex NP , than in those dealing with only one adjective . Some of the spoken examples ...
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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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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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