An introduction to the Celtic languages

Author(s)

• Russell, Paul

Bibliographic Information

An introduction to the Celtic languages

Paul Russell

（Longman linguistics library）

Longman, 1995

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [306]-335

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582100817

Description

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, verbal nouns and word order.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations The periods of the Celtic languages 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 References Index

Volume

ISBN 9780582100824

Description

This text provides an introduction to the Celtic languages covering their historical background. Goidelic languages, Irish, Welsh and Brettonic languages are included. The topics covered include: orthographies; phoentics; phonology; morphology; and word order.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 The historical background to the Celtic languages: Celtic as an Indo-European language
• continental Celtic
• insular Celtic
• the distinctive features of Celtic languages
• the distinctive features of Goidelic and Brittonic
• the inter-relationship of the Celtic languages
• the Italo-Celtic hypothesis. Part 2 The Goidelic languages: the sources
• general features
• Scottish Gaelic and Manx developments. Part 3 Irish: types of Irish
• phonology
• the nominal system
• the verbal system
• syntax. Part 4 The Brittonic languages: the sources
• general features of the Brittonic languages
• the inter-relationship of the neo-Brittonic languages. Part 5 Welsh: types of Welsh
• phonology
• the nominal system
• the verbal system
• syntax. Part 6 The orthographies of the Celtic languages: orthography and phonology
• the scripts of continental Celtic
• the scripts of insular Celtic. Part 7 Lenition and mutations - phonetics, phonology and morphology: the phonological data
• the grammatical functions of the initial mutations
• lenition in the consonantal system
• theories of lenition and spirantization
• the grammaticalization of the mutations
• modern mutations and functional load. Part 8 Verbal nouns, verbs and nouns: verbs, nouns and verbal adjectives
• formal characteristics of verbal nouns
• syntactical characteristics of verbal nouns
• verbal noun - verb or noun?
• verbal nouns and infinitives - the historical background. Part 9 Word order in the Celtic languages: the evidence
• the historical background.

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Details

• NCID: BA25733468
• ISBN:
  • 0582100828
  • 058210081X
• LCCN: 94044203
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engcel
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 347 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PB1014
  • DC20 : 491.6
  • NDC8 : 893.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Celtic languages
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00267274