The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic

By Nicholas Zair

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004225390
• ISBN13: 9789004225398
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"