This papers aims to evaluate the sound changes that took place between the Proto-Indo-European stage and the Proto-Celtic stage, that is to say before this proto-language started to be divided into...Show moreThis papers aims to evaluate the sound changes that took place between the Proto-Indo-European stage and the Proto-Celtic stage, that is to say before this proto-language started to be divided into several dialects giving birth to Old Irish, Old Welsh, Old Breton, Old Cornish, Gaulish, Celtiberian, and Lepontic, and to propose a relative chronologic order of those changes.Show less
A discussion on the subgrouping of the three Celtic languages or language groups Gaulish, Brythonic and Goidelic. The central question in this thesis is whether there is a closer genetic...Show moreA discussion on the subgrouping of the three Celtic languages or language groups Gaulish, Brythonic and Goidelic. The central question in this thesis is whether there is a closer genetic relationship between Gaulish and Brythonic (the Gallo-Brythonic hypothesis), or between Goidelic and Brythonic (the Insular Celtic hypothesis). The thesis discusses the validity of the arguments put forward in the relevant literature supporting either hypothesis.Show less
In this thesis I evaluate the debate on the question whether the Gaulish language influenced Breton, and whether Gaulish was still alive at the time of the Breton migrations. François Falc'hun...Show moreIn this thesis I evaluate the debate on the question whether the Gaulish language influenced Breton, and whether Gaulish was still alive at the time of the Breton migrations. François Falc'hun argued for Gaulish influence on Breton at various occasions, but I showed that his argumentation is not very convincing.Show less
