Celtic Languages

'The Tain' (meaning 'The driving-off cows of Cooley') is a legendary Irish tale set in the first century AD. It tells of a war against Ulster by the Connacht queen Medb and her husband Ailill, who intend to steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge and are...

Learning Irish is the standard introductory course to the Irish language. The product of many years of original and scholarly research as well as much teaching experience, this book and the accompanying online audio program serve a double function: they...

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A fully up-to-date, comprehensive and clearly presented compact dictionary - the ideal reference aid for learners and speakers of Irish. Over 20,000 headwords Introduction to the use of Irish Concise and informative with accessible layout...

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A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff, its long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts.This brilliant successor to Douglas Adams' and John Lloyd's 1983...

Intermediate Welsh: A Grammar and Workbook is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to proceed to more complex language. It presents a broad range of grammatical topics, illustrated by examples, which serve as models for the...

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Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook provides a jargon-free introduction to the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, this Workbook develops an understanding of the...

The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This second edition has been thoroughly...

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar is the ideal reference source for all speakers and learners of Welsh. Focusing on contemporary spoken Welsh, it presents the complexities of the language in a concise and readable form. Common grammatical patterns...

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Welsh is a Celtic language of the British Isles, spoken primarily in Wales. It has been spoken there for over sixteen hundred years, and Old Welsh was used throughout Britain before the Norman Conquest and the expansion of English. The importance of...

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Placenames are a constant source of debate. Who was Edwin, whose name is said to live on in that of Scotland's capital city? Are the 'drum' and 'chapel' still to be found in Drumchapel? And which 'king' had a 'seat' in Kingseat in Perthshire? The answers...

This English-Welsh dictionary - modelled on the "Harrap Shorter French" dictionary - includes synonyms; illustrative quotations; idioms; accentuation; specialist and technical terms; regional variants; literary and colloquial registers; as well as...

A collection of 10 essays on Early Welsh. Contents: The etymology of Welsh chwith and the semantics and morphology of PIE *k(w)sweibh- ( Peter Schrijver ); Rowynniauc , Rhufoniog : the orthography and phonology of /m/ in Early Welsh ( Paul Russell...

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Colloquial Welsh provides a step-by-step course in Welsh as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and...

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Intermediate Irish is a jargon-free workbook examining the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, the Grammar develops an understanding of the structures presented,...

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This volume of the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium offers a wide range of articles on topics across the field of Celtic Studies. It includes the Colloquium keynote given by Prof. Barbara Hillers which studied the literary use of folklore,...

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This is an invaluable learning resource for anyone interested in Scottish Gaelic. In addition to basic words and phrases, it also includes more complex and idiomatic material, all arranged thematically and covering topics such as meeting and greeting,...

With over 16,000 translations, including everyday idioms and expressions, Essential Welsh Dictionary is the perfect tool to support your Welsh learning. This edition is fully updated with a guide to usage and insights from the author to help you learn...

Mae'r gwerslyfr hwn wedi'i gymeradwyo gan CBAC.Anogwch fyfyrwyr i ymgysylltu a'r Gymraeg wrth iddynt ddarganfod mwy am eu gwlad, eu llenyddiaeth a'u treftadaeth, tra'n datblygu'r sgiliau gwrando, darllen, siarad ac ysgrifennu sydd eu hangen ar gyfer TGAU...

Mae'r gyfrol hon yn tywys cyfieithwyr newydd a'r rhai sydd a'u bryd ar weithio yn y maes trwy brif egwyddorion llunio cyfieithiad da. Mae'n trafod gwaith cyfieithwyr o safbwynt diogelu lle'r iaith yn y gymdeithas, yn egluro beth sydd ei angen ar ddarpar...

Working Welsh and Thinking Welsh are two volumes designed to build up and consolidate learners' fluency and confidence in Welsh, and focus on how common English words, phrases and constructions map onto Welsh.Working Welsh contains 200 Welsh words and...

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This book is intended for all students, scholars, and enthusiasts in the fields of Scots language and history.Book InformationISBN 9780080306834Author Sir William A. CraigieFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford...

A perfect introduction to the Irish language for the very young comes in the form of this beautiful and witty picture book, charting the journey of Little Owl who is just "a bit lost"... In Irish, for the very first time, is Chris Haughton's...

An amazing Irish-language translation of this deliciously illustrated read-aloud. Little children will be hungry, hungry, hungry for more!The ravenous beast is hungry; in fact, he's ravenous! But is he the hungriest animal of all? "Nonsense smonsense,"...

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