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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From this perspective , there are as many I - languages as there are people in the world . ... Of course the reason that some I - languages are similar to each other is due to the fact that an I - language is the result of an individual ...
From this perspective , there are as many I - languages as there are people in the world . ... Of course the reason that some I - languages are similar to each other is due to the fact that an I - language is the result of an individual ...
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The ten most commonly reported languages are given in the table below : 6 Table 1 : Major language and language groups , 1901 census sample Language Number in Sample Percent of Total English 143,427 62.0 French 68,332 29.5 German 6,307 ...
The ten most commonly reported languages are given in the table below : 6 Table 1 : Major language and language groups , 1901 census sample Language Number in Sample Percent of Total English 143,427 62.0 French 68,332 29.5 German 6,307 ...
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8 As Newfoundland was not a part of Canada in 1901 , there are unfortunately no language statistics for the Codroy Valley Gàidhealtachd . 9 The similar numbers for Western Canada for both census years is a function of the overall boom ...
8 As Newfoundland was not a part of Canada in 1901 , there are unfortunately no language statistics for the Codroy Valley Gàidhealtachd . 9 The similar numbers for Western Canada for both census years is a function of the overall boom ...
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
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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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