An Introduction to the Celtic Languages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780582100817)

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.


Author: Paul Russell
ISBN-10: 058210081X
ISBN-13: 9780582100817
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/27/1995
Pages: 366
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d