The Celtic Languages (Paperback, Revised)

New in paperback, The Celtic Languages 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.
This comprehensive volume is arranged in four parts for ease of reference, reflecting the most important features of the language family and aiding cross-linguistic comparison.
* The first part covers the origin and history of the Celtic languages, including their spread and retreat, present-day distribution and a survey of the extant and recently extant languages
* Parts II and III devote whole chapters to describing the structural details of each of the languages, including phonology, morphology, syntax, dialectology and lexis
* The final part provides wide-ranging sociolinguistic detail, such as identifying areas of usage, maintenance and each language's prospects for survival
This is an invaluable reference tool for both students and teachers of linguistics, especially those with an interest in typology, language universals and the unique sociolinguistic position which the Celtic languages occupy.

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

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Language Family Series
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	1993
Editors:	Nicole M uller • Martin J. Ball
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	704
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-28080-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
LSN:	0-415-28080-X
Barcode:	9780415280808

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