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Particles are small words that express grammatical information. Gaelic makes extensive use of particles. For example [[Questions (definition)|questions]], [[Negation (definition)|negation]] and [[Aspect (definition)|aspect]] are all marked with small grammatical particles. In the sentence A' Bheil thu air dol? (Have you gone?), A' and air are both particles.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Functional Category (definition)]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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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!
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_particle
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
 
*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.

Latest revision as of 17:56, 15 June 2012

Particles are small words that express grammatical information. Gaelic makes extensive use of particles. For example questions, negation and aspect are all marked with small grammatical particles. In the sentence A' Bheil thu air dol? (Have you gone?), A' and air are both particles.

See Also

External Links

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!

References

  • Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.