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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Noun phrase complexity and function - One of the major differences found in the statistical results was that features ... within the noun phrase were less frequent in spontaneous speech than other language varieties : 1 ) complex nouns ...
Noun phrase complexity and function - One of the major differences found in the statistical results was that features ... within the noun phrase were less frequent in spontaneous speech than other language varieties : 1 ) complex nouns ...
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since there were always two or more modifiers for each noun phrase in the data set , one type of modifier would have to be chosen in preference to the other – that is , unless there were two of the same kind ( e.g. two adjectives ) ...
since there were always two or more modifiers for each noun phrase in the data set , one type of modifier would have to be chosen in preference to the other – that is , unless there were two of the same kind ( e.g. two adjectives ) ...
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However , in these three examples , as well as examples 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 9 , the noun phrase occurs extraclausally . These nine cases amount to 42 % of the spontaneous spoken examples altogether .
However , in these three examples , as well as examples 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 9 , the noun phrase occurs extraclausally . These nine cases amount to 42 % of the spontaneous spoken examples altogether .
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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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