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The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic by Nicholas Zair is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic, Nicholas Zair for the first time collects and assesses all the words from the Celtic languages which contained a laryngeal, and identifies the regular results of the laryngeals in each phonetic environment. This allows him to formulate previously unrecognised sound changes affecting Proto-Celtic, and assess the competing explanations for other developments. This work has far-reaching consequences for the understanding of the historical phonology and morphology of the Celtic languages, and for etymological work involving the Celtic language, along with implications for Indo-European sound laws and the Indo-European syllable. A major conclusion is that the laryngeals cannot be used to argue for an Italo-Celtic language family.

Who reads The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Nicholas Zair
Publisher
Brill; Brill Academic Pub
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9789004233096
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Linguistics, Language Learning

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