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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This suggests that Máel Coluim was still reigning when the poem was written , and that the text therefore may be dated ... uses of adjectives and epithets , these are mostly poetic chevilles used to fulfil metrical requirements .
This suggests that Máel Coluim was still reigning when the poem was written , and that the text therefore may be dated ... uses of adjectives and epithets , these are mostly poetic chevilles used to fulfil metrical requirements .
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45 ) , but it is also one of the more extraordinary and individual products from within the Gaelic poetic corpus of the late medieval period . The father's lament reaches a fever pitch towards the end of the poem , where he lapses into ...
45 ) , but it is also one of the more extraordinary and individual products from within the Gaelic poetic corpus of the late medieval period . The father's lament reaches a fever pitch towards the end of the poem , where he lapses into ...
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Writing from Hawick on January 10th 1940 ( so within a fortnight of ending the poem ) , MacLean announced to Hugh MacDiarmid that he had ' about 3,000 lines of Gaelic verse on my hands which I would publish if I could ' , including : a ...
Writing from Hawick on January 10th 1940 ( so within a fortnight of ending the poem ) , MacLean announced to Hugh MacDiarmid that he had ' about 3,000 lines of Gaelic verse on my hands which I would publish if I could ' , including : a ...
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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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