ABSTRACT

The Initial Consonant Mutation system of Welsh is unique to Indo-European languages and has been the subject of much theoretical research. The multi-faceted nature of the phenomenon demands multi-dimensional treatment and this uniquely comprehensive book provides an integrated overview of this important feature from a wide linguistic viewpoint. In Welsh, Initial Consonant Mutation has implications for historical and comparative analyses, phonetic description, phonological theory, syntactic theory, and the interfaces between phonetics and phonology, morphology and phonology, and phonology and syntax. It also requires examination from semantic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. This study, therefore, brings together a variety of approaches to a wide range of levels of linguistic analysis, all concentrated on one unusual linguistic feature. A detailed review of past research, together with an exploration of recent theoretical advances in many areas, makes this an indispensable book for departments of Celtic Studies and all scholars of comparative linguistics.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|24 pages

Mutations in Standard Welsh

chapter 2|18 pages

Previous accounts of mutation

chapter 4|14 pages

The phonetics of mutation

chapter 5|33 pages

The phonology of mutation

chapter 6|46 pages

The syntax of mutation

chapter 7|21 pages

Interfaces

chapter 8|19 pages

The semantics of mutation

chapter 9|26 pages

The psycholinguistics of mutation

chapter 10|26 pages

The sociolinguistics of mutation

chapter 11|15 pages

The future of mutations