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 straightforward characterization of nominal paradigms, which also captures important generalizations about the inflection of nouns. Andrew Carnie proposes ten declension classes instead of the traditional five and separates off seven major types of plural formation. He provides fully inflected paradigms for 1200 nouns, and a reference list of 10,000 Irish nouns annotated with their new declension class, their plural type and the form of the genitive singular and common case (nominative) plural. The book also includes parallel information on the inflection of adjectives and prepositions. This unique reference tool will be invaluable not only to language researchers and authors, but to teachers and students of the language, whether they are native speakers or beginners.
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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.
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1. Preliminaries ; 2. Inflecting Irish Nouns: Singular Declensions ; 3. Inflecting Irish Nouns: Plural Types ; 4. Pronouns ; 5. Verbal Nouns ; 6. 1200 Irish Nouns ; 7. 10000 Irish Nouns ; 8. The Declension of Adjectives ; Appendix ; Quick Reference Sheet ; References
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The first full and systematic account of noun declension in Modern Irish A clear and concise guide to a notoriously complex system Includes general descriptions of technical terms used
Andrew Carnie is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. His work has centered primarily on the description of Irish syntax and morphology within the Generative tradition. He is the author of Syntax: A Generative Introduction (Blackwell, 2002) and Constituent Structure (OUP, 2008),and co-editor of The Syntax of VSO Languages (OUP, 2002), Formal Approaches to Function (Benjamins, 2003), and Verb First (Benjamins, 2005).
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The first full and systematic account of noun declension in Modern Irish A clear and concise guide to a notoriously complex system Includes general descriptions of technical terms used

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199213757
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
702 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
364

Forfatter

Biographical note

Andrew Carnie is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. His work has centered primarily on the description of Irish syntax and morphology within the Generative tradition. He is the author of Syntax: A Generative Introduction (Blackwell, 2002) and Constituent Structure (OUP, 2008),and co-editor of The Syntax of VSO Languages (OUP, 2002), Formal Approaches to Function (Benjamins, 2003), and Verb First (Benjamins, 2005).