An introduction to the Celtic languages / Paul Russell.

Author
Russell, Paul, 1956 February 23- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Longman, 1995.
Description
xvii, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

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    Longman linguistics library [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Speakers of the modern Celtic languages, Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh and Breton, are today only to be found on the western seaboards of the British Isles and France. However, they are inheritors of languages which some two thousand years ago were spoken throughout Europe and even in Asia Minor." "The first half of the book considers the historical background of the language group as a whole. There follows a discussion of the two main sub-groups of Celtic, Goidelic (comprising Irish, Scottish, Gaelic and Manx) and Brittonic (Welsh, Cornish and Breton) together with a detailed survey of one representative from each group, Irish and Welsh." "The second half considers a range of linguistic features which are often regarded as characteristic of Celtic: spelling systems, mutations, verbal nouns and word order." "Ideal for undergraduate linguistic and sociolinguistic students who want an authoritative guide, as well as students taking various courses available in Celtic language and literature."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Periods of the Celtic languages
    • 1. Historical background to the Celtic Languages
    • 2. Goidelic languages
    • 3. Irish
    • 4. Brittonic languages
    • 5. Welsh
    • 6. orthographies of the Celtic languages
    • 7. Lenition and mutations: phonetics, phonology and morphology
    • 8. Verbal nouns, verbs and nouns
    • 9. Word order in the Celtic languages.
    ISBN
    • 0582100828 ((csd))
    • 9780582100824 ((csd))
    • 058210081X ((ppr))
    • 9780582100817 ((ppr))
    LCCN
    94044203
    OCLC
    31606588
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