Prepositional Usage in Modern Irish: Range and Variation
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Seosamh Watson
Abstract
Prepositional form and function in Irish, as in other Modern Celtic languages, are topics of much significance. In Modern Irish numerous simple prepositions not only form compounds with possessive forms of personal pronouns but additionally marshal an impressive array of ‘conjugated’ forms corresponding to the various grammatical persons. Prepositions also play a crucial role in indicating aspect and are involved in passive/ reflexive roles with the verbal noun. This paper offers an overview of the functioning of a selection of important prepositions in the language and provides examples by way of illustration.
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- Frontmatter
- Artikel
- Prepositional Usage in Modern Irish: Range and Variation
- The North Ukrainian Dialect of Vyšneve in the East Slavic Context: Towards a Final Description (part 2)
- Geographical Variation of Systems of Sibling Terms in Asia and Africa
- Diversidad denominativa del Pisum sativum en español: una historia de variedad y confusión
- Quantitative Perspectives on the Geolinguistic Structures of Dialect Morphology in Austria
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- Besprechungen
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