Download or read book The Celtic Languages written by Martin J. Ball and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives, with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Organized for ease of reference, The Celtic Languages is arranged in four parts. The first, Historical Aspects, covers the origin and history of the Celtic languages, their spread and retreat, present-day distribution and a sketch of the extant and recently extant languages. Parts II and III describe the structural detail of each language, including phonology, mutation, morphology, syntax, dialectology and lexis. The final part provides wide-ranging sociolinguistic detail, such as areas of usage (in government, church, media, education, business), maintenance (institutional support offered), and prospects for survival (examination of demographic changes and how they affect these languages). Special Features: * Presents the first modern, comprehensive linguistic description of this important language family * Provides a full discussion of the likely progress of Irish, Welsh and Breton * Includes the most recent research on newly discovered Continental Celtic inscriptions

Download or read book The Celtic Languages written by Donald MacAulay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only modern account to describe all surviving Celtic languages in detail.

Download or read book The Celtic Languages in Contact written by Hildegard L. C. Tristram and published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. This book was released on 2007 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Introduction to the Celtic Languages written by Paul Russell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Celtic Language and Dialects 1867 written by Englishman An Englishman and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book The Decline of the Celtic Languages written by Victor Edward Durkacz and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1996 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of linguistic and cultural conflict in Wales, Scotland and Ireland shows how their forms of Gaelic retreated before the advance of the English language in the British Isles from the Reformation to the 20th century.

Download or read book The Dialects of Irish written by Raymond Hickey and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish. It gives specific information on the features of each dialect and considers many sub-divisions, using maps and tables to illustrate clearly what is the subject of discussion. There are several innovations in the book, such as a system of lexical sets which facilitate the description and analysis of variation and change in modern Irish. The data for the book stems from recordings of more than 200 speakers and all the statements made about the structure of Irish are based on native speakers' speech samples. These are supplied online with a software interface which allows users to quickly orient themselves among the varieties of Irish via clickable maps. A number of further issues are focused on in the book, such as the possibility of dialect reconstruction and the use of place-name evidence for determining the earlier distribution of Irish. Additional historical and background information is provided so that scholars and students without any previous knowledge of the language can readily grasp the themes and issues discussed.

Download or read book The Celtic language and dialects by an Englishman B D From the Dubl review written by B. D and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Syntax of the Modern Celtic Languages written by Randall Hendrick and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 1990 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, one of the few devoted to Celtic syntax, makes an important contribution to the description of Celtic, focusing on the ordering of major constituents, pronouns, inflection, compounding, and iode-switching. The articles also address current issues in linguistic theory so that Celticists and theoretical linguists alike find this book valuable.

Download or read book On the Origin of the Celts and the Dialects Extant of Their Language written by Eduard Dewalther and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Syntax of the Modern Celtic Languages written by Randall Hendrick and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, one of the few devoted to Celtic syntax, makes an important contribution to the description of Celtic, focusing on the ordering of major constituents, pronouns, inflection, compounding, and iode-switching. The articles also address current issues in linguistic theory so that Celticists and theoretical linguists alike find this book valuable.

Download or read book The History of the Celtic Language written by Lachlan Maclean and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations Proved by a Comparison of Their Dialects with the Sanscrit Greek Latin and Teutonic Languages written by James Cowles Prichard (M.D., F.R.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Influences of the Celtic Languages on Present Day English written by Jan Niehues and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Marburg, 80 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The perceived lack of Celtic loanwords in English has generally been seen as proof that the Anglo-Saxon invaders made short notice of their Celtic predecessors when they took possession of Britain during the fifth century. Thus, the Celts simply would not have had the chance to leave their mark on the English language as they were either killed, driven into the sea or had to take refuge in the mountainous West and North of Britain. The possibility of any Celtic influence on the very structure of English has been discounted altogether. In recent years, this view has met mounting opposition from different fields of study. New archaeological evidence as well as a methodological reassessment have called for a examination of the history of the Anglo-Saxon immigration. Besides, new advances in contact linguistics provide tools with which a more detailed look on the history of the English language has become possible.

Download or read book The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations written by James Cowles Prichard and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Prichard is primarily known today for his important anthropological work, his reputation as a philologist is unjustly overshadowed. This work was the first to show the Indo-European origin of the Celtic languages, and preceded the work of Adolphe Pictet, whi made his reputation on a treatise on the same point.

Download or read book The Celtic Language and Dialects by an Englishman b D From the dubl Review written by B D and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Celtic language and dialects. It discusses the history of the language, its features and characteristics, and its significance in the Celtic culture. Written by an Englishman with a deep understanding of the language and its nuances, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in Celtic culture and languages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.