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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Page 176
... Ìle an seann duine sin ag innse mu mhanadh ' that old man ' sàilleadh an t - seann bhliadhna ùr a's an t - seann chunntais cuin ' a bha e a ' tòiseachadh - ' the old New Year ' - dè tha duine sam bith a ' dèanamh orra croitean beaga ...
... Ìle an seann duine sin ag innse mu mhanadh ' that old man ' sàilleadh an t - seann bhliadhna ùr a's an t - seann chunntais cuin ' a bha e a ' tòiseachadh - ' the old New Year ' - dè tha duine sam bith a ' dèanamh orra croitean beaga ...
Page 188
Recall that Skye and Uist speakers in general accepted the following kind of structure : ( 27 ) an duine a bha thu ag éisteachd ris the man a were you at listening to - 3SM ' The man you were listening to ' These speakers also accepted ...
Recall that Skye and Uist speakers in general accepted the following kind of structure : ( 27 ) an duine a bha thu ag éisteachd ris the man a were you at listening to - 3SM ' The man you were listening to ' These speakers also accepted ...
Page 190
... since the language specially marks complementizers of embedded clauses which intervene between a domain noun and a gap . The usual embedding complementizer in Gaelic is gu ( n ) : ( 37 ) Thuirt an duine gum buail ...
... since the language specially marks complementizers of embedded clauses which intervene between a domain noun and a gap . The usual embedding complementizer in Gaelic is gu ( n ) : ( 37 ) Thuirt an duine gum buail ...
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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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