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CHAPTER IX.
THE IDEA OF " SPACE " RELATION, AS EX-
PRESSED BY THE PREPOSITION ANN, IN :
LEADING VARIETIES OF THIS IDIOM
CLASSIFIED AND EXEMPLIFIED.
Having seen that the essential element of
this idiom is the "space idea" expressed
by the preposition, ann, in, I proceed now
to classify and illustrate the main varieties
which it presents in the living speech of
the Highlander.
I. This idiom covers the whole ground
occupied by a man's trade or profession.
If you ask a Highland boy what his
father works at for a living, he will answer
you, in this idiom, tha e ^n a shaor = '\\Q is
in his carpenter, tka e ^n a inhaor—\i^ is in
THE IDEA OF " SPACE " RELATION, AS EX-
PRESSED BY THE PREPOSITION ANN, IN :
LEADING VARIETIES OF THIS IDIOM
CLASSIFIED AND EXEMPLIFIED.
Having seen that the essential element of
this idiom is the "space idea" expressed
by the preposition, ann, in, I proceed now
to classify and illustrate the main varieties
which it presents in the living speech of
the Highlander.
I. This idiom covers the whole ground
occupied by a man's trade or profession.
If you ask a Highland boy what his
father works at for a living, he will answer
you, in this idiom, tha e ^n a shaor = '\\Q is
in his carpenter, tka e ^n a inhaor—\i^ is in
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| Description | Celtic footprints in philology ethics and religion. |
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| Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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