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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, verbal nouns and word order.

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058210081X
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978-0582100817
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1st
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June 27, 1995
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Longman Linguistics Library
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5.43 x 0.83 x 8.35 inches
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366 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (June 27, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 366 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 058210081X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0582100817
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 0.83 x 8.35 inches

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This is a great introductory text. I took a single course in Indo-European Historical Linguistics back in college, and I really wanted to get more into Celtic languages. I was intimidated, however, by the bizarre (albeit magical) LOOK of a printed page covered with Welsh, Irish, Breton, or what have you. If I had known about this book, I would certainly have availed myself of it. It helps to have studied some linguistics to really get a lot from this book, but you could work your way through it with a good dictionary of linguistics terminology. One of the chief strengths of this book is the way it breaks things down so well -- the most difficult topics are laid out in bite-sized sections that are only two or three pages long. I guess the closest thing I have to a criticism is the fact that only one example each is given of the Goidelic and Britonnic languages -- Irish and Welsh, respectively. It's okay, though, they serve to get your feet wet, and then you could continue on with some other language if you felt like it. The last hundred pages or so are devoted to more general grammatical topics. Whoever reads this, let me just recommend to you that you make good use of the bibliographies at the end, especially the specialized academic journals that are mentioned. Also, there are several terrfic listservs on the internet to help with any questions you might have in Celtic philology. Just type in a few mix-and-match combinations of words like "celtic," "listserv," "old irish," "philology," "middle welsh," etc. in the search terms field on any search engine, and you'll come up with some good listervs after, say, 3 or 4 tries. It isn't that hard. Anyway, this book is great. Two thumbs up.

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