An Introduction to Old Irish (Introductions to Older Languages)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873522885 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her works include Fled Duin na nGedn (1964). His works include Proto-Indo-European Syntax (1974), Syntactic Typology (1981), Historical Linguistics (1992, 3rd ed.), Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics (1993), and Pre-Indo-European (2002). Ruth Preston Miller Lehmann was a professor at the University of Texas. Early Irish Verse (1982), and Beowulf: An Imitative Translation (1988). Lehmann was an
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Too much running, no walking or crawling Andrew M. Lemons and you have to walk before you run.I must disagree with the other reviewers. This is simply not an efficient introduction to Old Irish. For the student interested in grasping and retaining Old Irish for more than a few weeks, what have been called the virtues of Lehmann's book are actually its chief faults.Each chapter presents a passage of actual text (the scela mucce meic datho, or Story of Mac Datho's Pig), an analysis of the text, and then a section of grammar.There are no simple texts in Old Irish. That you begin reading an actual Old Irish text before you even begin to learn the grammar, though it certainly feels goo. "Old Irish" according to Thorrin Jonsson. There is little to say which the other reviews havn't covered but I will note a few opinions.I must respectfully disagree that this is a 'bad' course, especially on the note of jumping into OI texts asap in the course. Reading the literature of a language you are aspiring to learn is without doubt the greatest tool to learning the language -- especially since vocabulary is obviously the main staple of any language, as well as seeing how words work together from the beginning.The main thing to note about this course however, is that it is heavy-duty study. It is not easy. OI is a complex language, and the course is in itself. Good Introduction to an Abstruse Subject For the interested, there are a variety of source materials for the study of Old Irish. The problem with most of them is that they're hard to come by, unless you know where to look. The best sources are the Irish Texts Society based in London, the Royal Irish Academy (yes, that's correct) and the Center for Advanced Studies, both of which are in Dublin. Most of their publications are inexpensive and good, but it's hard to get their books here in the States.So you could invest in a trip to Dublin. Or you can start with this book. Please don't assume that this is an exhaustive grammar of Old Irish; it's not - it's a book for
One of the notable Old Irish stories is used as the basic text. The grammatical information provided in these annotations is summarized in grammatical sections dealing with specific constructions and forms. Examples of poems, and of the glosses, supplement it. The first fifty of these sections are descriptive; many of the same matters are discussed in the second fifty section from a historical point of view. This handbook was produced with the aim of providing students with an introduction to Old Irish literature as well as to the language. The appara