11284.
Mac Cana
(Proinsias): Narrative openers and progress markers in Irish.
In
Celtic florilegium [O Hehir studies]
(1996), pp. 104–120.
Discusses the use of three related fronting devices (verb-second order,
nominativus pendens
, and initial adverbial phrases).
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E 9 STYLISTICS
E 6.1 Syntax: Early Irish