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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick Sims-Williams (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.667kg ISBN: 9781405109031ISBN 10: 1405109033 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 17 December 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList 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 439Reviews[Sims--Williamsa 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 <!----end----> (Celtic Inscriptions of Britain) represents an invaluable contribution to its field. Cumbrian Medieval Celtic Studies [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 "[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 [Sims--Williamsa 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 Author InformationPatrick Sims-Williams is Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of ‘Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800’ (1990) and ‘Britain and Early Christian Europe’ (1995). He is also the co-editor of ‘Ptolemy: Towards a Linguistic Atlas of the Earliest Celtic Place-Names of Europe’ (2000), and the editor of Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |