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Volume: 19General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1895Subjects: Scottish Gaelic philologyScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic literatureCeltsHighlands (Scotland)… Plus…

Volume: 19General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1895Subjects: Scottish Gaelic philologyScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic literatureCeltsHighlands (Scotland)Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can Volume: 19General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1895Subjects: Scottish Gaelic philologyScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic literatureCeltsHighlands (Scotland)Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 15th MARCH, 1898. At this meeting the following gentlemen were elected members, viz. : - Dr Moir, Inverness; Mr Colin Thomson, American Exchange Bank, Duluth, Minn, U.S.A. ; Mr Wm. Macqueen, coal merchant, Baron Taylor's Lane; Mr William Macleay, bird stuffer, Church Street; and Mr Thomas Boyne, Courier Office, Inverness. Thereafter the Rev. Alex. Bisset, Nairn, read a paper on the " Topography and Folklore of Stratherrick." Mr Bisset's paper will be given in the next volume of Transactions. 22nd MARCH, 1893. At this meeting Sir James Sivewright, K.C.M. G, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Cape Colony, was elected a life member of the Society. Thereafter Mr Alex. Macbain, M. A, read a paper con tributed by Professor Strachan, Marple, Cheshire, on " The importance of Irish for the study of Scottish Gaelic." Professor Strachan's paper was as follows: - THE IMPORTANCE OF IRISH FOR THE STUDY OF SCOTTISH GAELIC. " Antiquam exquirite matrem." It is a truism that in order to understand the present form of a language it is necessary to study its past, that to comprehend what a language is, we must know what it has been, andtrace out, as far as possible, the various changes which it has undergone, and the different influences which have moulded it during the course of generations. For a practical knowledge of a language this is not necessary. A child reproduces the language of its parents by imitation; it Books, History~~General, Transactions-Of-The-Gaelic-Society-Of-Inverness~~Gaelic-Society-Of-Inverness, 999999999, Transactions Of The Gaelic Society Of Inverness (19), Gaelic Society Of Inverness, 1150413093, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781150413094

Volume: 19General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1895Subjects: Scottish Gaelic philologyScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic literatureCeltsHighlands (Scotland)… Plus…

Volume: 19General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1895Subjects: Scottish Gaelic philologyScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic literatureCeltsHighlands (Scotland)Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 15th MARCH, 1898. At this meeting the following gentlemen were elected members, viz. : - Dr Moir, Inverness; Mr Colin Thomson, American Exchange Bank, Duluth, Minn, U.S.A. ; Mr Wm. Macqueen, coal merchant, Baron Taylor's Lane; Mr William Macleay, bird stuffer, Church Street; and Mr Thomas Boyne, Courier Office, Inverness. Thereafter the Rev. Alex. Bisset, Nairn, read a paper on the " Topography and Folklore of Stratherrick." Mr Bisset's paper will be given in the next volume of Transactions. 22nd MARCH, 1893. At this meeting Sir James Sivewright, K.C.M. G, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Cape Colony, was elected a life member of the Society. Thereafter Mr Alex. Macbain, M. A, read a paper con tributed by Professor Strachan, Marple, Cheshire, on " The importance of Irish for the study of Scottish Gaelic." Professor Strachan's paper was as follows: - THE IMPORTANCE OF IRISH FOR THE STUDY OF SCOTTISH GAELIC. " Antiquam exquirite matrem." It is a truism that in order to understand the present form of a language it is necessary to study its past, that to comprehend what a language is, we must know what it has been, andtrace out, as far as possible, the various changes which it has undergone, and the different influences which have moulded it during the course of generations. For a practical knowledge of a language this is not necessary. A child reproduces the language of its parents by imitation; it Books History~~General Transactions-Of-The-Gaelic-Society-Of-Inverness~~Gaelic-Society-Of-Inverness General Books LLC<