The Decline of the Celtic Languages
Title | The Decline of the Celtic Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Edward Durkacz |
Publisher | John Donald |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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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.
The Celtic Languages
Title | The Celtic Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Martin J. Ball |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 700 |
Release | 2012-11-12 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 113685472X |
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
The Celtic Languages in Contact
Title | The Celtic Languages in Contact PDF eBook |
Author | Hildegard L. C. Tristram |
Publisher | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Celtic languages |
ISBN | 3940793078 |
Celtic
Title | Celtic PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Bartlett Gregor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Celtic languages |
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The History of the Celtic Language
Title | The History of the Celtic Language PDF eBook |
Author | Lachlan Maclean |
Publisher | |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1840 |
Genre | Celtic languages |
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An Introduction to the Celtic Languages
Title | An Introduction to the Celtic Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Russell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2014-07-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1317894561 |
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.
Rebuilding the Celtic Languages ; Reversing Language Shift in the Celtic Countries
Title | Rebuilding the Celtic Languages ; Reversing Language Shift in the Celtic Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Diarmuid O'Neill |
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Release | 2002 |
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