The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language / / Moray Watson, Michelle Macleod.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Watson, Moray,; Macleod, Michelle,
• MitwirkendeR: Adger, David,; Black, Ronald,; Bosch, Anna R. K.,; Breeze, Andrew,; Dunbar, Robert,; MacKinnon, Kenneth,; Macleod, Michelle,; McEwan-Fujita, Emily,; Nilsen, Kenneth E.,; Watson, Moray,; Watson, Seosamh,; Ó Baoill, Colm,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Notes on Contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; Preface --; 1. A History of Gaelic to 1800 --; 2. Language in Society: 1800 to the Modern Day --; 3. Gaelic Place-names --; 4. Language in Gaelic Literature --; 5. A’ Ghàidhlig an Canada: Scottish Gaelic in Canada --; 6. Hebridean and Mainland Dialects --; 7. The Gaelic Language-Group: Demography, Language-Usage, -Transmission, and -Shift --; 8. Language Planning --; 9. Sociolinguistic Ethnography of Gaelic Communities --; 10. Gaelic Vocabulary --; 11. Gaelic Orthography: The Drunk Man’s Broad Road --; 12. Phonology in Modern Gaelic --; 13. Gaelic Morphology --; 14. David Adger --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748637102; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748637102
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Moray Watson, Michelle Macleod.

Bringing together a range of perspectives on the Gaelic language, this book covers the history of the language, its development in Scotland and Canada, its spelling, syntax and morphology, its modern vocabulary, and the study of its dialects. It also addresses sociolinguistic issues such as identity, perception, language planning and the appearance of the language in literature. Each chapter is written by an expert on their topic.The book has been written accessibly with a non-specialist audience in mind. It will have a particular value for those requiring introductions to aspects of the Gaelic language. It will also be of great interest to those who are embarking on research on Gaelic for the first time. Authors include Colm O Baoill, David Adger, Rob Dunbar, Seosamh Watson, Ken Nilsen, Ken MacKinnon and Ronald Black.This book:*Deals with a wide range of aspects of Gaelic*Places the study of the Gaelic language within the context of modern linguistic research*Encourages and supports further study*Includes chapters by a number of leading experts on Gaelic language