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Forthcoming: Foundational approaches to Celtic linguistics
Synopsis
This book showcases the latest research from the world’s leading experts on Celtic linguistics. The 15 chapters span a variety of linguistic subdisciplines as well as theoretical and methodological perspectives. Together, these articles highlight critical aspects of contemporary inquiry into the linguistic systems of Breton, Cornish, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and their ancestor languages. The volume is organized around four key sub-areas: (1) Syntax and Semantics, (2) Phonology and Phonetics, (3) Language Change, Historical Linguistics and Grammaticalization, and (4) Sociolinguistics and Language Documentation. The volume's papers offer detailed investigations of current theoretical issues in Celtic syntax, semantics, phonology, and phonetics, as well as of language policy and ideology, language weaponization, and diachronic and synchronic language change. These state-of-the-art contributions represent the impressive diversity of the field of Celtic linguistics and emphasize the wide body of work being conducted in the language communities of the six Celtic nations.
Chapters
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Part I: Syntax and semantics
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Polarity sensitivity and fragments in Irish
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When linearization triggers embedded V2Evidence from Breton
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Deriving VSO in Scottish Gaelic
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Reassessing Oehrle effectsEvidence from Scottish Gaelic
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Some complexities and idiosyncrasies of Welsh consonantal mutation
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Part II: Phonology and phonetics
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Phonology of the Celtic languages
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Hebrides English in the 1980s and now
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Gestural timing and contrastAn Irish case study
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Part III: Language change, historical linguistics, and grammaticalization
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Comparing the syntactic complexity of Gaeltacht and urban Irish-Language broadcasters
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BunadasA network database of cognate words, with emphasis on Celtic
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Laryngeal contrast in the Celtic languagesVariation, typology, and history
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Syntactic reconstruction in Celtic
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Part IV: Sociolinguistics and language revitalization
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Guth ThormoidThe “Island Voice” of Norman Maclean
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White supremacists’ weaponization of Celtic heritage languages and language revitalization
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France’s war on Breton diacriticsAn incomprehensible obstinacy
