Modern Irish : A Comprehensive Grammar (Paperback)

Background 1. Dialects of Irish 2. Sounds and spellings 3. Initial mutations 4. Terminology Grammar I: Sentence basics 5. Basic word order 6. Non-declarative sentences 7. Being and having 8. Focus and emphasis with cleft sentences Grammar II: Building blocks - major constituents 9. Verbs and verb phrases 10. Irregular verbs 11. Personal endings 12. Impersonal forms 13. Verbal nouns and adjectives 14. The syntax of verbal nouns and verbal adjectives: Expressions of aspect 15. Mood 16. Nouns and noun phrases 17. Pronouns Grammar III: Building the Phrase - modifiers and adjuncts 18. Adjectives 19. Determiners 20. Numbers 21. Adverbs 22. Prepositions Grammar IV: Complex Sentences 23. Coordinate, complement, and adjunct clauses 24. Relative clauses 25. Conditionals Concluding chapters: Extra-sentential material 26. Names 27. Greetings, formulaic expressions, and discourse markers