Mark The Gaelic-English Dictionary

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-43060-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 784 Seiten

This book fulfils a keenly-felt need for a modern, comprehensive dictionary of Scottish Gaelic into English. The numerous examples of usage and idiom in this work have been modelled on examples culled from modern literature, and encompass many registers ranging from modern colloquial speech, to more elaborate literary constructions. The main contemporary terms and idiomatic phraseology, often not available in other dictionaries, provide excellent models for easier language learning. In addition to the main dictionary, the volume contains introductory material, providing guidance on using the dictionary, spelling and pronunciation. There are also twelve useful appendices which cover not only the various parts of speech, lenition and proper nouns, but also address the more difficult issues of expressing time, direction and numerals. The clarity of the design and layout of the volume will greatly ease the process of attaining mastery of the Gaelic language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mark, Colin B.D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary

2. Using the Dictionary

3. Spelling and Pronunciation

4. Contents of Appendices

The Gaelic-English Dictionary

Appendix 1. The Gaelic Verb

Appendix 2. The Gaelic Noun

Appendix 3. The Gaelic Adjective

Appendix 4. Adverbs

Appendix 5. Conjunctions

Appendix 6. Pronouns

Appendix 7. Prepositions

Appendix 8. Lenition

Appendix 9. The Points of the Compass

Appendix 10. Time

Appendix 11. Numerals

Appendix 12. Proper Nouns.

Über Autor(innen)

Mr Colin Mark, a Classics graduate of Aberdeen University, taught in several schools over a period of forty years. During that time he took up the study of Gaelic and, within a few years, had written Gaelic Verbs (Glasgow University Press, 1986) before embarking upon the present work.