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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81 ) , as its intermediate position between an aile - thuath of this world and otherworldly hell in Síabarcharpat Con Culainn would suggest . Notwithstanding this , earlier annalistic accounts of Viking warriors who are said frequently ...
81 ) , as its intermediate position between an aile - thuath of this world and otherworldly hell in Síabarcharpat Con Culainn would suggest . Notwithstanding this , earlier annalistic accounts of Viking warriors who are said frequently ...
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Most notably , spontaneous speech showed a marked tendency to have complex noun phrases in extraclausal positions . Additionally , there were fewer cases in spontaneous speech of complex NPs in the subject position of a transitive ...
Most notably , spontaneous speech showed a marked tendency to have complex noun phrases in extraclausal positions . Additionally , there were fewer cases in spontaneous speech of complex NPs in the subject position of a transitive ...
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In fact , this only applies to the highest subject position ; aN is possible when the relativised position is an embedded subject . We ignore this here . See McCloskey ( 1990 ) for extensive discussion . 2 3 This strategy is clearly ...
In fact , this only applies to the highest subject position ; aN is possible when the relativised position is an embedded subject . We ignore this here . See McCloskey ( 1990 ) for extensive discussion . 2 3 This strategy is clearly ...
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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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