Author: Davidovic Mladen Publisher: ISBN: 9780870521102 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
A traveler's dictionary, phrasebook, and pronunciation guide for passing the time of day with the few remaining speakers of Irish Gaelic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Davidovic Mladen Publisher: Hippocrene Books ISBN: 9780870521102 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 148
Book Description
A traveler's dictionary, phrasebook, and pronunciation guide for passing the time of day with the few remaining speakers of Irish Gaelic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Edward O'Reilly Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3752581735 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 738
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. With copious quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern writers, to elucidate the meaning of obscure words, and numerous comparisons of Irish words with those of similar orthography, sense, or sound in the Welsh and Hebrew languages.
Author: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe Publisher: ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
This work fills a long-felt void in the study of both Irish and English, by providing the first extensive compilation of Hiberno-English words, their meanings and etymologies. The legendary eloquence of the Irish is here shown to be the product of not one, but two languages.
Author: Garry Bannister Publisher: ISBN: 9781848405905 Category : Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
Proverbs in Irish grants the reader a look into the vast and rich world of aphoristic Irish folk-wisdom, as vibrant today as they were then. Chosen on the basis of relevance in the modern context, universality, frequency of usage, and cultural relevance, the book is organised by an array of themes, from Anger, Beauty and Marriage to Foolishness, Silence and Treachery. A must have at home or abroad. Garry Bannister attended Trinity College Dublin where he studied Irish and Russian. On receiving a scholarship, he went to Moscow State University where he graduated with an MA in Russian language and literature and subsequently helped set up the first Department of Modern Irish. Bannister's main interest today is the Irish language and its literature. He has many publications in this area and teaches at St Columba's College, Dublin. He is an acknowledged expert of 20th Century Irish and the editor of Tesaras Gearr Gailge-Bearla and the English-Irish Learner's Dictionary. Kiss my... A Dictionary of Irish-English Slang (97818480405202) was published by New Island in paperback in March 2016.
Proudly powered by WordPress |
Theme: Rits Blog by Crimson Themes.
Author: Davidovic Mladen
Author: Edmund Edward Fournier d'Albe
Author: Davidovic Mladen
Author: Edmund Edward Fournier d'Albe
Author: Conor O'Begly
Author: Timothy O'Neill Lane
Author: Edward O'Reilly
Author: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe
Author: Timothy O'Neill Lane
Author: Garry Bannister