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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... frequent in spontaneous speech than other language varieties : 1 ) complex nouns ; 2 ) prepositional phrases ; 3 ) attributive adjectives ; 4 ) genitive nouns ; and – for conversation but not radio interview - 5 ) relative clauses .
... frequent in spontaneous speech than other language varieties : 1 ) complex nouns ; 2 ) prepositional phrases ; 3 ) attributive adjectives ; 4 ) genitive nouns ; and – for conversation but not radio interview - 5 ) relative clauses .
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If a complex noun tag showed a noun modified by both a prepositional phrase and an adjective , the prepositional ... was a relative clause but also two adjectives , the adjectives were counted as important but not the relative clause .
If a complex noun tag showed a noun modified by both a prepositional phrase and an adjective , the prepositional ... was a relative clause but also two adjectives , the adjectives were counted as important but not the relative clause .
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This explains the larger number of returns in the tables below , showing more > 1 adjective complex NP , than in those ... The first example in Table 25 , for instance , has a head noun modified by four adjectives : mòra , tapaidh ...
This explains the larger number of returns in the tables below , showing more > 1 adjective complex NP , than in those ... The first example in Table 25 , for instance , has a head noun modified by four adjectives : mòra , tapaidh ...
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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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