Agents in Early Welsh and Early Irish

A new contribution to the study of medieval Welsh and Irish. It investigates the structure and use of passives and verbal noun constructions, and how the human agent is expressed in these constructions. The investigation is based on narratives, law texts, and annals, and is written for a readership from a wide range of backgrounds, such as linguistics, history, and philology.

Summary

A new contribution to the study of medieval Welsh and Irish. It investigates the structure and use of passives and verbal noun constructions, and how the human agent is expressed in these constructions. The investigation is based on narratives, law texts, and annals, and is written for a readership from a wide range of backgrounds, such as linguistics, history, and philology.

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Excellent volume ... This is an excellent study of a particularly problematic area of Celtic linguistics. It is rich in detail and extremely useful in all kinds of ways.

Product details

• Authors: Nicole Muller, Nicole Müller
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2000
• EAN: 9780198235873
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823587-3
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: Oxford Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Welsh, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Irish Gaelic, Literary essays, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics