Leac mhullaigh eachtach e TEASARAS GAEILGE-BEARLA ar obair shaoil an udair, Garry Bannister. Ocaid chinniunach staire i i leith staidear na teanga agus a cultuir. Is leabhar tagartha e nach bhfuil a mhacasamhail ar fail inniu. Taifead cuimsitheach e a nochtann sceimh, solubthacht, doimhneacht agus stair na Gaeilge, bronnta ar an saol mar thoradh ar an taighde fhairsing chriochnuil ata deanta ag Bannister.

Cuimsionn an Teasaras seo comhchiallaigh, cleachtai agus nosanna cainte, comhcheangail fhocal, leaganacha loganta agus seanfhocail. Leirionn na hiontralacha sa Teasaras seo peirspictiochtai ura nach mbeifi ag suil leo sa teanga faoi mar a bhi si inne agus mar ata si inniu. Is ais an-usaideach ar fad do stor focal an usaideora iad na liostai ata breactha de reir teama ar feadh an leabhair. Anuas ar sin ta cuntas nualaioch ar oibriu na Gaeilge nua-aoisi curtha faoinar mbraid i dTreoir Ghramadai i gcul an leabhair.

Cuireann TEASARAS GAEILGE-BEARLA saibhreas suntasach nua le corpas teacsanna tagartha na Gaeilge. Acmhainn aisiuil, riachtanach, is ea i, agus taisce dhothomhaiste do chainteoiri, scribhneoiri agus iriseoiri, d'udair, d'aos dana agus do lucht foghlama agus, go deimhin, do dhuine ar bith a dteastaionn uathu slacht, snas agus snoiteacht a chur ar a scileanna teanga idir labhairt agus scriobh na Gaeilge.

IRISH-ENGLISH THESAURUS is the stunning culmination of Garry Bannister's life's work and a milestone in engagement with the Irish language and its culture. It is a reference book like no other, a meticulously researched record which captures the beauty, agility, depth and history of the Irish language.

Entries include but are not limited to translations, synonyms, usages and colloquialisms, common word combinations and proverbs. Every single entry reveals fresh and often surprising perspectives on contemporary and older usage. An original and innovative grammar guide offers leaner and more accurate descriptions of how the language is used. Lists of thematically grouped vocabulary appear throughout the book as an extremely useful tool for language-building and prose writing.

IRISH-ENGLISH THESAURUS is a significant addition to the corpus of reference texts, an essential and indispensable resource for speakers, authors, poets, journalists, students and teachers, and, indeed, for anyone wishing to enrich and develop their spoken and written Irish-language skills.

About the Author

Faoin Udar

Fuair an Dr GARRY BANNISTER a oideachas i gColaiste na Trionoide i mBaile Atha Cliath, ait a ndearnadh se staidear ar an Ghaeilge agus an Ruisis. Chuaigh se ar scolaireacht go Mosco i 1977. Ba ansin a bhain se ceim amach i dteanga agus i nualitriocht na Ruisise agus PhD sa teangeolaiocht chomparaideach. I dtosach na n-ochtoidi chuir se an chead Roinn le Nua-Ghaeilge ar bun i StatOllscoil Mhosco. Ar fhilleadh do abhaile bhi se ina cheannaire ar feadh triocha bliain ar Roinn na Gaeilge i gColaiste Choilm Bhaile Atha Cliath. Agus, o am go cheile, bhi se ina leachtoir ar cuairt i gColaiste Phadraig, Droim Conrach, ait inar thug se leachtai ar Nualitriocht na Gaeilge.

Chomhoibrigh se fosta in aistriuchain ar thaisci liteartha na Gaeilge le David Sowby (An tOileanach), Alan Titley (Cre na Cille), Gabriel Rosenstock (Comhra le Li He). Ta se ina udar ar Fhocloir an Fhoghlaimeora, Labhair Ruisis Liom, Essential Irish agus ar thri eagran nios luaithe den teasaras nua breisithe seo. Le deanai, thainig leabhair eile uaidh amhail an fhoinse thagartha ud ar a bhfuil buanghnaoi an phobail, Proverbs in Irish, What's That as Gaeilge? An English-Irish Phrasebook agus aistriuchain le trachtaireachtai ar na Coain chlasaiceacha Zen, A Path Home - Conair Siar, na leabhair uile sin foilsithe ag New Island.

About the Author

Dr GARRY BANNISTER was educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he studied Irish and Russian. On a scholarship to Moscow in 1977, he received a degree in Russian language and literature and also completed a PhD in comparative linguistics. He set up the first Department of Modern Irish at Moscow State University in the early 1980s. Upon his return to Ireland, he taught at St Columba's College in Dublin, where he was head of the Irish Department for nearly thirty years. He has also been a visiting lecturer on modern Irish literature at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra.

He has worked on the translations of Irish literary classics such as An tOileanach with David Sowby, Cre na Cille with Alan Titley and Comhra le Li He with Gabriel Rosenstock. He is the author of Focloir an Fhoghlaimeora, Labhair Ruisis Liom, Essential Irish, and three earlier editions of his Irish-English Thesaurus. More recently, his work includes the perennially popular Proverbs in Irish, What's That as Gaeilge? An English-Irish Phrasebook and the first comprehensive translation of classical Zen koans in English and Irish, A Path Home - Conair Siar, all published by New Island.

Reviews

Nil amhras ar bith nach bhfuil toirt agus teagar sa Teasaras Gaeilge-Bearla a thiomsaigh Garry Bannister. Is brea go deo an leabhar i.

-- Seosamh O Cuaig * Tuarisc *

If a thesaurus is typically a book or electronic resource that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts, the Teasaras does this and more. In fact, if anything, it is more like a one-stop-shop for the Irish language or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Irish But Were Afraid to Ask ... Part of the pleasure of the Teasaras is losing oneself in the endless possibilities of the language, as the headword kickstarts a stream of associations... . A crucial contribution of the Teasaras is showing how a fuller knowledge of Irish offers opportunities for seeing in a deeper, more context-sensitive way.

* The Irish Times *


Awards
Short-listed for Irish Book Award (Ireland).



Book Information
ISBN 9781848408098
Author Garry Bannister
Format Hardback
Page Count 1064
Imprint New Island Books
Publisher New Island Books
Weight(grams) 1429g
Dimensions(mm) 165mm * 235mm * 52mm