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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The extraclausal nature of many of the occurrences has already been mentioned . The head noun in example 9 , Table 25 , looks as if it is the subject of a ' s e cleft with an elided copular verb . This is followed by the phrase , beagan ...
The extraclausal nature of many of the occurrences has already been mentioned . The head noun in example 9 , Table 25 , looks as if it is the subject of a ' s e cleft with an elided copular verb . This is followed by the phrase , beagan ...
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I mention where he was born and travelled previously because , had there been an equivalent custom in Wales , Cornwall , or Ireland , one would hope that he would mention it ; he does not . The subjective observations in this account ...
I mention where he was born and travelled previously because , had there been an equivalent custom in Wales , Cornwall , or Ireland , one would hope that he would mention it ; he does not . The subjective observations in this account ...
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Chickens were certainly kept , and are mentioned in the hatching blessing ( I.106.284–7 ) , but they were also a major part of the rent due to the landlord ( Grant , 1961 , pp . 87-8 ) . The sole mention of Carmina people eating chicken ...
Chickens were certainly kept , and are mentioned in the hatching blessing ( I.106.284–7 ) , but they were also a major part of the rent due to the landlord ( Grant , 1961 , pp . 87-8 ) . The sole mention of Carmina people eating chicken ...
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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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