| Description |
1 online resource (350 pages). |
| Series |
Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford linguistics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-350). |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on Errata; Abbreviations; 1 Preliminaries; 2 Inflecting Irish Nouns: Singular Declensions; 3 Inflecting Irish Nouns: Plural Types; 4 Pronouns; 5 Verbal Nouns; 6 1,200 Irish Nouns; 7 10,000 Irish nouns; 8 The Declension of Adjectives; Appendix A: Mapping Between Declensional Systems; Appendix B: The International Phonetic Alphabet and Irish; Quick Reference Sheet; References. |
| Summary |
This book is the first comprehensive source of reference on noun declensions in Modern Irish. It contains over 10,000 nouns as well as a generalized description of declension classes, case marking, and number marking in standard Irish, and a discussion of the nominal morphology that affects declension class and case form. - ;This book presents the first comprehensive reference on noun declensions in Modern Irish. Whereas traditional descriptions of noun inflection are notoriously complex and filled with exceptions and irregularities, this reference guide provides a systematic and straightforwa. |
| Subject |
Irish language -- Noun.
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Irish language -- Study and teaching.
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Irish language -- Word formation.
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Irish language -- Suffixes and prefixes.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Celtic Languages.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carnie, Andrew, 1969- Irish nouns. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199213757 0199213755 (DLC) 2008015116 (OCoLC)225532186 |
| ISBN |
9780191550157 (electronic bk.) |
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0191550159 (electronic bk.) |
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