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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... 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 ) . Various other errors common to regnal lists , such as the ...
... 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 ) . Various other errors common to regnal lists , such as the ...
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... 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 written at this stage , while insisting , in response to a query about the pairing of ...
... 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 written at this stage , while insisting , in response to a query about the pairing of ...
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... 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 , a quick scan of the frequencies indicated that they ...
... 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 , a quick scan of the frequencies indicated that they ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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