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Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tìre - Second edition 2nd New edition [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 215x140x18 mm, kaal: 476 g, with photographs, diagrams and maps, full colour throughout
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2019
  • Kirjastus: Whittles Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1849954380
  • ISBN-13: 9781849954389
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 215x140x18 mm, kaal: 476 g, with photographs, diagrams and maps, full colour throughout
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2019
  • Kirjastus: Whittles Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1849954380
  • ISBN-13: 9781849954389
This is a comprehensive field guide to the toponymy of the Gaelic landscape and it helps people to interpret Highland landscape through place-names. Landscape character and history are perceived through a Gaelic lens.

This is a comprehensive field guide to the toponymy of the Gaelic landscape which helps people to interpret Highland landscape through place-names. Landscape character and history are perceived through a Gaelic lens.

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'...essential for those interested in the Highlands and its ancient, living language. It helps readers and outdoor enthusiasts understand seemingly obscure words on maps, with insights into landscape history and ecology'.--The Scots Magazine '...the scope of the book is admirably broad, with primers on the history of the Gaelic language in Scotland, how the first maps of the country came to be made, and how the Gaelic speakers of old would have conceptualised things like colours and sounds, seasons and time'.--Roger Cox "The Scotsman " '...John Murray's book is unique ... The result is a triumph. ... Just occasionally you come across a book whose lasting value is so obvious that you know people will be referring to it in 50 years' time or more. Reading the Gaelic Landscape is one of those books'.--Undiscovered Scotland-------------------'...this book is a useful aid to guide you through their meanings, helping you to understand how Gaelic settlers applied their language to the landscapes around them. Useful reading for hikers, bird watchers and anglers, or anyone who wants to have a deeper connection with their surroundings'. Scotland

Acknowledgements v
Preface to Second Edition vii
Preface to First Edition vii
1 Introduction
1(3)
2 A Brief History of Gaelic in Scotland
4(13)
3 Mapping the Scottish Highlands
17(10)
4 A Brief Guide to Gaelic Grammar and Pronunciation
27(10)
5 Place-name Classifications -- Revealing Layers in the Landscape
37(7)
6 Landform and Hydrology
44(64)
7 Landcover and Ecology
108(33)
8 Land Use
141(21)
9 Climate, Season, Sound and Time
162(7)
10 The Cultural Landscape
169(42)
11 Adjectives
211(14)
12 Reading the Landscape through Place-names
225(6)
Further Reading 231(2)
Selected Bibliography 233(5)
Index of Specific Place-names 238(10)
Index of Generic Nouns found in Place-names 248(15)
Index of Adjectives and Adjectival Nouns 263(1)
Bibliographical note 264
John Murray is Director of Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh.