Abstract This paper focusses on the conceptualising function of Scottish Gaelic preposed adjectives (i.e., AN vs. NA phrases). A combined analysis of a corpus study and interviews with native speakers was applied in the research which underlies the article. Preposed adjectives are often encountered with abstract concepts, verbal nouns, or with words with more complex semantics in general, while plain adjectives tend to qualify more tangible, countable nouns, such as people or objects, as well as pronouns. The plain adjective dona ‘bad’ often conveys criticism, and aosta/sean ‘old’ tend to refer to biological (or physical) age. The paper also addresses similarities with other languages.

中文翻译：

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苏格兰盖尔介词形容词的概念化功能

摘要本文着眼于苏格兰盖尔语介词形容词（即AN vs. NA短语）的概念化功能。文章研究的基础是对语料库研究和对母语人士的采访的综合分析。介词形容词通常会遇到抽象概念，语言名词或一般具有更复杂语义的词，而普通形容词往往会限定更多有形，可数名词，例如人或物以及代词。简单的形容词dona“坏”经常传达批评，而aosta / sean“老”则倾向于指生物学（或物理）年龄。本文还讨论了与其他语言的相似之处。