Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This 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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Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch. since there were always two or more modifiers for each noun phrase in the data set , one type of modifier would have to be chosen in preference to the other - that is , unless there ...
Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch. since there were always two or more modifiers for each noun phrase in the data set , one type of modifier would have to be chosen in preference to the other - that is , unless there ...
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... there were few major differences in the frequency of each type of complexity , the functions of the complex NPs were seen to contrast significantly . Most notably , spontaneous speech showed a marked tendency to have complex noun ...
... there were few major differences in the frequency of each type of complexity , the functions of the complex NPs were seen to contrast significantly . Most notably , spontaneous speech showed a marked tendency to have complex noun ...
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... there early signs of decline . Given how quickly Gaelic subsequently disappeared from Antigonish , this census must ... there are Gaelic speakers living there today . Whatever possessed Mr Murray to report to Ottawa that only English ...
... there early signs of decline . Given how quickly Gaelic subsequently disappeared from Antigonish , this census must ... there are Gaelic speakers living there today . Whatever possessed Mr Murray to report to Ottawa that only English ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
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