Cox (Richard A. V.): The Gaelic place-names of Carloway, Isle of Lewis: their structure and significance.
Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2002. xii + 484 pp.
Records approximately 3000 place-names from thirteen townships on the west of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Provides pronunciations, meanings and etymologies of names, and investigates their structure, linguistic evolution and historical significance. Includes gazetteer of place-names.
Rev. by
Edel Bhreathnach, in IHS 34, nº 133 (May, 2004), p. 109.
Joseph F. Eska, in Language 80/3 (Sep., 2004), pp. 617-618.
Kay Muhr, in SAM 19/2 (2003), pp. 361-363.
Robert L. Thomson, in CMCS 47 (Summer, 2004), p. 83.
Rev. by
Edel Bhreathnach, in IHS 34, nº 133 (May, 2004), p. 109.
Joseph F. Eska, in Language 80/3 (Sep., 2004), pp. 617-618.
Kay Muhr, in SAM 19/2 (2003), pp. 361-363.
Robert L. Thomson, in CMCS 47 (Summer, 2004), p. 83.