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Celtic Linguistics/ Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1990; US$ 213.00This collection of papers on the Brythonic languages of the Celtic group is divided into four parts: Welsh linguistics, Breton and Cornish linguistics, literary linguistics and historical linguistics. This has resulted in a book providing a thorough and comprehensive coverage of this branch of Celtic studies prepared by leading scholars in the field.... more...
Studies in Brythonic Word Order
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1991; US$ 188.00While Celtic languages are nominally VSO in basic word order, the languages of the Brythonic branch have exhibited striking synchronic and historical variations from the prototype. This volume comprises the very latest research in word order in Welsh, reton and Cornish from nine of the leading scholars in the field. The studies deal with historical,... more...
The Plight of Three Celtic Languages Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 169.95This study examines the current situation of the Celtic languages in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It demonstrates how, over a significant period of time, they shifted under pressure from the domination of English from monolingualism to bilingualism. more...
Teaching Modern Foreign Languages at Advanced Level
RoutledgeFalmer 1999; US$ 53.95Designed to complement Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School , this book focuses specifically on the skills and processes of teaching mfl at A and A/S level in schools and colleges. more...
The Celtic Languages
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 85.00This comprehensive volume describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives, with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Organized for ease of reference, The Celtic Languages is arranged in four parts. The first, Historical Aspects , covers the origin... more...
Colloquial Scottish Gaelic
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 33.95Colloquial Scottish Gaelic is the ideal introduction to the language of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: a modern language with a rich tradition. This step-by-step approach has been devised to make speaking, reading and writing Scottish Gaelic easy and enjoyable. No previous knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Scottish... more...
Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 38.95Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook provides a jargon-free introduction to the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, this Workbook develops an understanding of the structures presented, making the forms familiar and automatic for learners. This user-friendly... more...
Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School: A Practical Guide
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 40.95This practical guide offers valuable support for student-teachers and teachers in their early professional development. Divided into three sections it covers: key pedagogical issues and planning developing key skills, knowledge and understanding broadening your perspective. Teaching is rapidly becoming a more research and evidence-informed... more...
Discovering Syntax
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 182.00The essays in this volume, dating from 1991 onwards, focus on highly characteristic constructionsof English, Romance languages, and German. The self-contained essays on classic generative debates can all be read separately. They are rich in empirical documentation, and yet in all of them, solutions are constructed around a coherent, relatively simple... more...
Language Teaching
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 34.95This book demonstrates the relevance of an integrational linguistic perspective to a practical, real-world need, namely the learning of languages. Integrational linguistics? shunning of both realist and structuralist theories of language, its commitment to an unwavering attention to the perspective of the language user, and its adherence to a semiology... more...









