Abstract
The Celtic languages are characterized by an elaborate system of alternations of word-initial segments, traditionally known as ‘consonant mutations’. Although historically they arose from across-the-board phonological sandhi, they are now deeply embedded in morphosyntactic processes. They are relatively phonologically coherent, but also non-concatenative, and sensitive to a wide range of lexical, morphological, syntactic, and semantic factors. As a result, Celtic mutations present an important test bed for theories of word structure and its interactions with both phonology and syntax.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Blackwell Companion to Morphology |
| Editors | Peter Ackema, Sabrina Bendjaballah, Eulàlia Bonet, Antonio Fábregas |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 29 Aug 2022 |
Keywords
- nonconcatenative morphology
- Celtic languages
- honologically conditioned allomorphy
- autosegmental phonology
- Sandhi
- phonology-morphology interface