Introduction to the Celtic languages

Introduction to the Celtic languages

by Russell, Paul

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This text provides a single-volume, single-author general introduction to the Celtic languages.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 w…

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  • Full title :Introduction to the Celtic languages / Paul Russell.

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This text provides a single-volume, single-author general introduction to the Celtic languages.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, ver.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1995

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:Oxfordshire, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©1995

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (366 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781315844336, 1315844338, 9781317894551, 1317894553
  • oclc:ocn889266376
  • LC Classification:PB1014
  • Dewey Decimal:491.6

Table of Contents

1. The historical background to the Celtic languages -- 2. The Goidelic languages -- 3. Irish -- 4. The Brittonic languages -- 5. Welsh -- 6. The 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.

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Subjects

Celtic languages Langues celtiques

Writers

Russell, Paul

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