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Orthography |
Module 1
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION |
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- In
1976 the Scottish Qualifications Authority appointed a committee
to investigate the problem of Gaelic orthography and in 1981 the
Gaelic Orthographic Conventions (GOC) paper was published.
- GOC
is now the standard for Gaelic literacy. Faclair na Pàrlamaid
- a dictionary of terms - published by the Scottish Executive
in 2001, firmly accepts the principles of GOC, stating in the
introduction: "It is our belief that there could be no logical
alternative to this approach, which has been the basis on which
children have been taught in schools for the past two decades.
Any unreasonable departure from the conventions would have set
back the progress of twenty years and led to widespread confusion."
Some of the points of detail from the Faclair introduction
are reproduced at the end of the lessons. Faclair na Pàrlamaid
is available online at (www.scotland.gov.uk/dictionary).
- All
the lessons and exercises in this module are designed to familiarise
fluent speakers with the GOC recommendations. There are lessons
on more recent changes in spelling and form including borrowed
words.
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