{"product_id":"the-celtic-languages-9781138969995","title":"The Celtic Languages","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Martin J. Ball | Nicole Muller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Celtic Languages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Celtic Languages\u003c\/em\u003e describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the modern Celtic languages and their current sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive volume is arranged in four parts. The first part offers a description of the typological aspects of the Celtic languages followed by a scene setting historical account of the emergence of these languages. Chapters devoted to Continental Celtic, Old and Middle Irish, and Old and Middle Welsh follow. Parts two and three are devoted to linguistic descriptions of the contemporary languages. Part two has chapters on Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx, while Part three covers Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Part four is devoted to the sociolinguistic situation of the four contemporary Celtic languages and a final chapter describes the status of the two revived languages Cornish and Manx. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from a variety of scholars of the highest reputation, \u003cem\u003eThe Celtic Languages\u003c\/em\u003e continues to be an invaluable tool for both students and teachers of linguistics, especially those with an interest in typology, language universals and the unique sociolinguistic position which the Celtic languages occupy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Martin J. Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor, and Director of the Hawthorne Research Center, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr Ball has over 120 academic publications. Among his books are \u003cem\u003eThe Use of Welsh, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMutation in Welsh\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWelsh Phonetics.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Nicole M�ller\u003c\/strong\u003e is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among her books are \u003cem\u003eMutation in Welsh, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAgents in Early Irish and Early Welsh.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46482409685143,"sku":"9781138969995","price":4189.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138969995.jpg?v=1766316076","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-celtic-languages-9781138969995","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}