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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."
The Initial Consonant Mutation system of Welsh is unique to Indo-European languages and has been the subject of much theoretical research. The multi-faceted nature of the phenomenon demands multi-dimensional treatment and this uniquely comprehensive book provides an integrated overview of this important feature from a wide linguistic viewpoint. In Welsh, Initial Consonant Mutation has implications for historical and comparative analyses, phonetic description, phonological theory, syntactic theory, and the interfaces between phonetics and phonology, morphology and phonology, and phonology and syntax. It also requires examination from semantic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. This study, therefore, brings together a variety of approaches to a wide range of levels of linguistic analysis, all concentrated on one unusual linguistic feature. A detailed review of past research, together with an exploration of recent theoretical advances in many areas, makes this an indispensable book for departments of Celtic Studies and all scholars of comparative linguistics.
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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Freiburg, language: English, abstract: The Welsh language has been in contact with English for many centuries. After the Celtic languages were forced out of central Europe during the age of the Roman Empire two branches developed: Goidelic (or Q Celtic) and Brittonic (or P Celtic), with Welsh belonging to the Brittonic branch. Since the fifth century Welsh has been under pressure as other Germanic-speaking tribes such as the Angles and Saxons arrived in Britain. The Welsh speaking population had to relocate in the area we today call Wales. What followed was a long process of anglicisation.