Language and history in early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic languages, first to twelfth century A.D. |
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Contents
CHAP | 3 |
Written Sources | 31 |
Britons and Romans under the Empire | 76 |
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already Anglo-Saxon appears became Book of Llandaff borrowed Britain British British Latin Brittonic Celtic Chad CIIC consonant Cornish Cornwall Cumbric derived Devon early sixth century eighth century Ekwall eleventh English epenthesis evidence examples fact fifth final syllables Forster Gaul genitive glosses Grandgent Hence Ifor Williams internal affection intervocal Irish language Late Brit Latin loanwords lenition Lland loanwords loss of final Loth mid sixth century middle Mod.B Mod.C Mod.W Morris Jones Myres Nash Williams Nennius ninth Ogam older Pedersen perhaps period place-names Pr.AS Pr.I Pr.W Pr.WCB probably pronunciation Ptol Ralegh Radford RBES river names Rom.-Brit Roman Roman Britain Saxons second half seems seventh century sixth century sound sound-substitution spelling spelt stressed syncope tenth Thurneysen unstressed Voc.C vowel affection Vulgar Latin Wales Welsh words written
Bibliographic information
| Title | Language and history in early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic languages, first to twelfth century A.D. Issue 4 of Edinburgh University publications: Language & literature, University of Edinburgh Issue 4 of University of Edinburgh.Publications,languages & literature series Volume 4 of Publications. Language and literature series / University of Edinburgh Volume 4 of Edinburgh University publications |
| Author | Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson |
| Publisher | University Press, 1953 |
| Length | 752 pages |
| Subjects | Brythonic languages Celtic languages |
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