LINGUIST List 15.529

Mon Feb 9 2004

Books: Historical Linguistics: Sims-Williams

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1. jobrien, The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain: Sims-Williams

Title: The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain
Subtitle: Phonology and Chronology, c. 400-1200
Series Title: Publications of the Philological Society
			
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
		http://www.blackwellpublishing.com		 
			
Book URL: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=1405109033&site=1 

Author: Patrick Sims-Williams, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 

Paperback: ISBN: 1405109033, Pages: 480, Price: $37.95

			
Abstract:

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.


Lingfield(s):	Historical Linguistics 			 

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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