Italo-Celtic Origins and Prehistoric Development of the Irish Language.

This volume offers a discussion of the phonological and morphological development of Old Irish and its Indo-European origins. The emphasis is on the relative chronology of sound changes and on the development of the verbal system. Special attention is devoted to the origin of absolute and relative v...

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Main Author: Kortlandt, Frederik
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2007.
Series:Leiden Studies in Indo-European, 14.
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Summary:This volume offers a discussion of the phonological and morphological development of Old Irish and its Indo-European origins. The emphasis is on the relative chronology of sound changes and on the development of the verbal system. Special attention is devoted to the origin of absolute and relative verb forms, to the rise of the mutations, to the role of thematic and athematic inflexion types in the formation of present classes, preterits, subjunctives and futures, and to the development of deponents and passive forms. Other topics include infixed and suffixed pronouns, palatalization of conson.
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 pages)
ISBN:9789401204170
9401204179