Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams
Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 126
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Excerpt from Some Points of Similarity in the Phonology of Welsh and Breton In this paper an attempt has been made to classify, as far as was possible, the points of similarity in the phonological development of Welsh and Breton, as they appear in these languages since the time of the separation of the Bretons in the 5th. - 7th. centuries. The majority of the various changes naturally comprises those of the Middle and Modern periods of both languages. The written documentary remains of the earlier period(8th. - 9th. centuries) of Welsh, Cornish and Breton possess so close a resemblance to each other as to lead at first to the supposition that they belonged to one branch only, until Bradshaw pointed out the criteria by which they could be distinguished . Some of the phenomena here noted date from an earlier period (as, e. g., i), others appearing for the first time later in continuous texts and in isolated words from the Breton Charters. Most of the peculiarities of phonology to which reference is made, date, however, from the middle and later periods. In some cases both languages in the middle period offer certain particular points of resemblance which disappeared later in the course of further development from one or both languages (as, e. g., 9). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."