Description
Book SynopsisThe 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 second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the modern Celtic languages and their current sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages.
This comprehensive volume is arranged in four parts. The first part offers a description of the typological aspects of the Celtic languages followed by a scene setting historical account of the emergence of these languages. Chapters devoted to Continental Celtic, Old and Middle Irish, and Old and Middle Welsh follow. Parts two and three are devoted to linguistic descriptions of the contemporary languages. Part two has chapters on Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx, while Part three covers Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Part four is dev
Trade Review
"This is an impressive and important collection of work about the Celtic language
family. It has something for everyone, from historical linguistics to phonology
to language policy. Any serious Celticist needs to have this close to hand." - Linguist List
Table of ContentsPreface. List of Contributors. Part 1 Historical Aspects Part 2 The Goidelic Languages Part 3 The Brythonic Languages Part 4 The Sociolinguistics of the Celtic Languages Index
