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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[Verbal Nouns]] | ||
| + | *[[Use of Verbal Nouns]] | ||
| + | *[[Verbal Adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[Periphrastic (definition)]] | ||
| + | *[[Participle (definition)]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAVerbalNoun.htm | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
| + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_Noun | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. | + | *Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. |
| + | *[[William Lamb|Lamb, William]] (2003) ''Scottish Gaelic''. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa | ||
[[Category:Technical Definitions]] | [[Category:Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Morphology]] | [[Category: Morphology]] | ||
[[Category: Syntax]] | [[Category: Syntax]] | ||
Revision as of 06:44, 17 June 2012
- To see how to form verbal nouns in Gaelic look at Formation of Verbal Nouns
A verbal noun is a deverbal morpheme (a word that is not verb being derived from a verb) in which the resulting word is a noun (eg. The assassination, She loves singing). In Gaelic, verbal nouns are used in place of gerunds and participles (in auxiliary verb constructions)
See Also
External Links
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAVerbalNoun.htm The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_Noun
References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Lamb, William (2003) Scottish Gaelic. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa
