| Edition |
New edition with additional notes and an extended bibliography / by Graham R. Isaac. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 278 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie,
0931-4261 ;
Band 16
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Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie ; Bd. 16.
0931-4261
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| Note |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1974. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278). |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Editor�s Preface""; ""Author�s Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 The syntax of the verb in Celtic""; ""1.2 �Word order� in language""; ""1.3 Scope of the study""; ""1.4 A textual approach to the Old Irish glosses""; ""1.5 �Style� and the theory of Functional Sentence Perspective""; ""2 Cataphora and the copular sentence""; ""2.1 Cataphora in various languages""; ""2.2 Grammaticalization of the cataphoric type in languages""; ""2.3 Cataphora and communicative function""; ""2.4 �Prolepsis�/cataphora in Irish"" |
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""2.5 Cataphora in the copular sentence""""2.6 Subject and predicate in the copular sentence""; ""2.7 Ambiguity in class VII""; ""2.8 The function of cataphora""; ""2.9 Correlatives""; ""2.10 Welsh parallels""; ""2.11 Common Celtic cataphora?""; ""2.12 The Law texts""; ""3 Synchronic and diachronic aspects of various copular sentence types""; ""3.1 Formal description""; ""3.2 The origins and function of classes Ia-Id""; ""3.3 Desubstantivization of the demonstrative""; ""3.4 The semantic requirement + DEFINITE""; ""3.5 Some pertinent literature""; ""3.6 Cleft sentences"" |
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""3.7 Summary of copular types""""3.8 Diachronic aspects compared""; ""3.9 The Law texts""; ""4 Resumptive constructions: topicalization""; ""4.1 The �nominativus pendens� in Irish""; ""4.2 Description of the resumptive sentence in Wb""; ""4.3 Resumptive constructions in other languages""; ""4.4 Thematic organization � topicalization""; ""4.5 The Law texts""; ""4.6 Further comparative and historical aspects � Celtic""; ""4.7 Topicalization and the relative: historical considerations""; ""5 The cleft sentence""; ""5.1 Preliminaries""; ""5.2 A formal description""; ""5.3 The adverb"" |
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""5.4 �Emphasis� and related notions""""5.5 The function of the cleft sentence""; ""5.6 Attitudinal disjuncts""; ""5.7 Historical""; ""5.8 Literature""; ""5.9 Conclusions""; ""6 �Bergin�s Law� and the cleft sentence""; ""6.1 The Law texts""; ""6.2 �Bergin�s Law�""; ""6.3 Bergin�s Law vs. Bergin�s rule""; ""6.4 The copula in Bergin�s Law""; ""6.5 The irregular types and tendencies � a reconstruction""; ""6.6 The nature of the language?""; ""6.7 Artificial language""; ""6.8 Conclusions""; ""Appendix""; ""Editor�s Notes""; ""Bibliography"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Irish language -- To 1100 -- Syntax.
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Irish language. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1100 |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Irish language -- To 1100 -- Sentences.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Isaac, Graham R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mac Coisdealbha, Pádraig, 1949 or 1950-1976. Syntax of the sentence in Old Irish. New edition with additional notes and an extended bibliography / by Graham R. Isaac 348442916X (DLC) 98230398 (OCoLC)41445610 |
| ISBN |
9783110952667 (electronic book) |
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3110952661 (electronic book) |
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348442916X |
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9783484429161 |
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