Thirty-Two Words for Field

Manchán Magan

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Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German, and branches spanning the world, from Australia and India to North America. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic. In 'Thirty-Two Words for Field', Manchán Magan explores the enchantment, sublime beauty and sheer oddness of a 3000-year-old lexicon.

Author(s): Magan, Manchán
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 29/02/2024
Pagination: 386 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Ithaka
Published By: Ithaka
Book Classification: Language: history & general works
Dimensions: 235 x 147 x 27
Weight: 410
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781804184035

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