Teach Yourself Gaelic Dictionary (Teach Yourself) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Boyd Robertson, Iain Mcdonald
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 190942
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0071426671
Dewey Decimal Number: 491.63321
UPC: 639785416296
EAN: 9780071426671
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Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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Product Description
Students of Gaelic at all levels will consider this bilingual dictionary a welcome addition to their reference bookshelf. New to the Teach Yourself dictionary series, this title provides the user with a comprehensive vocabulary for working Gaelic, the Celtic language of Scotland. With more than 30,000 words from Gaelic to English and from English to Gaelic contained within its covers, this handy resource offers extensive coverage in a portable package. In addition to vocabulary, special sections round out language learning with concise overviews of grammar and idiomatic usage.
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 Teach Yourself Gaelic Dictionary December 26, 2007
Tobias Baird
Teach Yourself Gaelic Dictionary (Teach Yourself)
This is a very useful book for those learning Gaelic, but cannot replace the need for access to fluent Gaelic speakers in learning this difficult language.
 Okay for a start but quickly exhausts its usefulness July 12, 2007
Shayn Mccallum (Istanbul, Turkey)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am not, by any means, disappointed by this dictionary, as I bought it with the assumption that it would be just adequate for my needs. I very much needed a working Gaelic dictionary that was within a reasonable price-range and would serve my current (fairly elementary) level of Gaelic.
If my sole criterion were the number of headwords provided, I might actually be quite pleased with this dictionary- it covers quite a good range of vocabulary and functions well as a reading aid for intermediate texts. My biggest complaint however, is the lack of examples, guides to usage etc that would allow the user to: a) identify the correct translation of Gaelic lexis and b) correctly choose and be able to actively use the sought-after word in Gaelic. As it stands, there are just lists of translations with little or no indications of how to use the lexis presented in sentences nor any guide to the register, appropriacy etc.of items.
Of course, this is a beginner's dictionary- but in many ways that makes it all the more necessary to provide cues to assist the learner. I am a language teacher myself and know only too well the pitfalls of poor dictionary use and bad translations. Gaelic especially, is quite an idiomatic language and has a strong, structural orientation towards "lexical chunking". Boyd and Robertson's Teach Yourself Gaelic" textbook shows a high awareness of this aspect of the language- if only they'd applied the same diligence to this dictionary!
Teaching yourself Gaelic March 14, 2007
Mikki Lwoodard (Puyallup WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is a great book if you already know how to pronounce the words, but if you don't, I would not recommed this book. If you do, it's wonderful. Lots of gaelic names and places and simple phrases to say. Would be very helpful in Scotland or Ireland, even to just look up the word.
Teach Yourself Gaelic Dictionary July 21, 2006
Lewis Iona Skye (Earth)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a student of Celtic languages, I am the first to speak out against the Teach Yourself (TY) courses for Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic (Scottish). I have purchased all three of these courses, and I was disappointed to find them little more than glorifed "travel phrase" books with CD's.
If you are seriously wanting to learn one of these languages, you can save your time and money by purchasing something else...believe me, there are better courses out there. However, if reason you are learning these languages is you want some simple phrases and vocabulary for a trip or maybe some special event...then a TY course "might" be what you are looking for.
Now having said that...this is a positive review!!!
In fact, I feel that the TY dictionary might be one of the best Scottish Gaelic dictionaries on the market right now...and there are a lot out there.
I have a few of the most recently published dictionaries, and I can tell you that while they are nice to have...they were not designed for beginning students. It is easy to get lost, confused, and just plain upset with the mass volume of choices and examples given for the entries.
A student just starting out needs to be able to open a book, find the word in their language or the language they are learning, and have only a few options...
And that is exactly what TY has created...while the Amazon site says there are over 30,000 entries, the book itself only claims 24,000. However, that is more than enough for a beginner, and having gone through it...I know that the vocabulary is modern, numerous, and capable of covering any situation that even the most advanced speaker will find themselves in.
So while I may have a hard time giving a friend the TY Gaelic language learning course...I would have no hesitation in giving them the TY Gaelic Dictionary.
A dictionary can be your best friend or your worst enemey when you are learning a language. And TY has created a very friendly dictionary to help you.
Absolutely essential for every student of Scottish Gaelic. October 21, 2005
T. Leigh (Connecticut, USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the best two-way Scottish Gaelic dictionary on the market, and the first dictionary that every student of the language should buy. Excellent coverage of vocabulary, including modern coinages, and contemporary usage. The appendices (grammar reference, personal and place names) are useful, though they could have been laid out better.
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