TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zair,Nicholas
TI  - The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic
T2  - Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics,
SN  - 9789004233096
AV  - PB1028 .Z35 2012
U1  - 491.6 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Celtic languages
KW  - Phonology, Historical
KW  - Laryngeals (Phonetics)
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Phonology
KW  - Indo-European languages
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oxford University, 2010; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Word-Initial Laryngeal -- Laryngeals in the First Syllable -- Laryngeals in a Non-Initial Syllable -- Word-Final Laryngeals -- Other Environments -- Laryngeals in Composition -- Conclusion -- References -- Index Verborum; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004233096
ER  -