• Celtic Inscriptions of Britain: Phonology and Chronology, c. 400–1200 (Paperback / softback) 9781405109031
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The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain
Phonology and Chronology, c. 400-1200

Patrick Sims-Williams (Author)

9781405109031, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 17 December 2002

480 pages
23.1 x 14.8 x 3.7 cm, 0.667 kg

"[Sims-Williams's] concern is to give due weight to all the possibilities rather than to rush into one attractive interpretation. This will make the book extremely valuable as a restraining influence on the rasher tendencies of other scholars. The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain is a major achievement in Celtic historical linguistics and will be an indispensible work of reference for many years to come."
Antiquity

"(Celtic Inscriptions of Britain) represents an invaluable contribution to its field."
Cumbrian Medieval Celtic Studies

This is the first comprehensive linguistic study for 50 years of the stones from western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets.

  • First comprehensive study for 50 years of the stones from western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets.
  • Provides a linguistic analysis of the 370 Brittonic and Irish inscriptions.
  • Presents new phonological evidence for the dating of the inscriptions.

List of Tables and Figures ix

Preface xi

1 Introduction 1

2 Brittonic Phonology (1-98) 21

3 Brittonic Chronology 238

4 Irish Phonology (1-43) 296

5 Irish Chronology 322

6 Conclusion and List of Proposed Dates 351

Appendices

Abbreviations and Bibliography 396

Index of Forms Discussed 421

Index of Other Forms Mentioned 439

Subject Areas: Language: reference & general [CB]
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