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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I must also thank the original audience at Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 3 for their most useful questions and discussion ; mòran taing . Apart from a few corrections and minor alterations of wording or style to aid clarity the text is that ...
I must also thank the original audience at Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 3 for their most useful questions and discussion ; mòran taing . Apart from a few corrections and minor alterations of wording or style to aid clarity the text is that ...
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First , however , we need to consider the relationship between the original composition of Ó Maoilchiaráin , which I term the Marbhna , and the poem preserved in MacMhurchaidh's manuscripts , the Caoi . A close examination of the ...
First , however , we need to consider the relationship between the original composition of Ó Maoilchiaráin , which I term the Marbhna , and the poem preserved in MacMhurchaidh's manuscripts , the Caoi . A close examination of the ...
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The first four verses encapsulate the themes of the original by judicious harvesting of quatrains , couplets and images from it . The choice of the couplet which begins the first quatrain is a case in point . Taken from a later stanza ...
The first four verses encapsulate the themes of the original by judicious harvesting of quatrains , couplets and images from it . The choice of the couplet which begins the first quatrain is a case in point . Taken from a later stanza ...
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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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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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