An Introduction to the Celtic Languages

by Paul Russell

Book Overview

This text provides a single-volume, single-author general introduction to the Celtic languages.

The first half of the book considers the historical background of the language group as a whole. There follows a discussion of the two main sub-groups of Celtic, Goidelic (comprising Irish, Scottish, Gaelic and Manx) and Brittonic (Welsh, Cornish and Breton) together with a detailed survey of one representative from each group, Irish and Welsh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138144282
• ISBN13: 9781138144286
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"