Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Peter Schrijver -- I Introduction / Peter Schrijver -- II The British Accent / Peter Schrijver -- III The Development of the Proto-Celtic Short Vowels in British / Peter Schrijver -- IV The Development of the Proto-Celtic Long Vowels and Diphthongs / Peter Schrijver -- V Vowel Affection in British / Peter Schrijver -- VI The Development of Proto-Celtic *[ARABIC TEXT] in British / Peter Schrijver -- VII The Development of Proto-Celtic *[ARABIC TEXT] in British / Peter Schrijver -- VIII The Development of the Proto-Celtic Stops in British / Peter Schrijver -- IX The Development of Proto-Celtic *s in British / Peter Schrijver -- X Brief Survey of Remaining Developments: Resonants, Mutations, Apocope, Syncope / Peter Schrijver -- XI Notes on Gallo-Brittonic and Insular Celtic / Peter Schrijver -- XII General Conclusions / Peter Schrijver -- Bibliography / Peter Schrijver -- Indexes / Peter Schrijver.

The languages belonging to the British subgroup of Celtic, i.e. Welsh, Cornish and Breton, have been the subject of thorough research for over a century now. Yet the phonological history of the prehistoric stages of these languages and the details of their connection with the other Celtic and Indo-European languages still present numerous unsolved issues. This volume aims to tackle the most acute problems of the historical phonology of British Celtic. Also it provides an up-to-date reference guide to British historical phonology in general, as well as a study of a large body of etymologies relevant to the correct evaluation of the historical phonology. This volume is of interest for the Celtologist, the Indo-Europeanist and the general historical linguist.

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