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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In this section , the feature ' complex noun ' is broken down . For tagging purposes a complex noun was defined by the presence of more than one kind of nominal modification , between genitives , attributive adjectives ...
In this section , the feature ' complex noun ' is broken down . For tagging purposes a complex noun was defined by the presence of more than one kind of nominal modification , between genitives , attributive adjectives ...
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If a complex noun tag showed a noun modified by both a prepositional phrase and an adjective , the prepositional phrase was counted only . However , as in poker , sets of the same features were given more weight ; if there was a ...
If a complex noun tag showed a noun modified by both a prepositional phrase and an adjective , the prepositional phrase was counted only . However , as in poker , sets of the same features were given more weight ; if there was a ...
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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 are remarkable for their level of modification .
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 are remarkable for their level of modification .
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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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