Elements of Gaelic Grammar

A systematic, concise grammar of Scottish Gaelic arranged in four parts: pronunciation and orthography; a comprehensive account of the parts of speech (article, noun with gender and declension, adjectives and numerals, pronouns, verbs with tense and mood formation including irregular, defective, reciprocal, impersonal, and auxiliary uses, adverbs, prepositions, idiomatic phrases, conjunctions, and interjections); a syntax section addressing agreement and government among words; and a final treatment of derivation, composition, and reading exercises. A preface discusses the practical value of grammatical clarity for teaching and for preserving and cultivating the living language.