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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On a more general level , where the lengths of reigns given in the poem can be checked , they are often inaccurate , and it is probable that in some cases lengths were doctored to fit the metre ( Anderson , 1973 , pp . 45-6 ) .
On a more general level , where the lengths of reigns given in the poem can be checked , they are often inaccurate , and it is probable that in some cases lengths were doctored to fit the metre ( Anderson , 1973 , pp . 45-6 ) .
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A letter from Catterick Camp dated 1 October makes it clear that MacLean had already given Young an English version of Parts I to VI ' but very little of Part VII ' . He demonstrates a powerful degree of commitment to what he has ...
A letter from Catterick Camp dated 1 October makes it clear that MacLean had already given Young an English version of Parts I to VI ' but very little of Part VII ' . He demonstrates a powerful degree of commitment to what he has ...
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However , as in poker , sets of the same features were given more weight ; if there was a relative clause but also two adjectives , the adjectives were counted as important but not the relative clause . Although genitives were included ...
However , as in poker , sets of the same features were given more weight ; if there was a relative clause but also two adjectives , the adjectives were counted as important but not the relative clause . Although genitives were included ...
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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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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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