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From: rickw@eskimo.com (Richard Wojcik)
Subject: Re: Welsh Verb Evolution
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 01:25:10 GMT
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In article <aldersonD66JuG.JDp@netcom.com>,
Richard M. Alderson III <alderson@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <D5rtKH.9wp@cpp.pha.pa.us> cloutier@cpp.pha.pa.us (Diane Cloutier)
>writes:
>
>>I am looking for sources on the early development of the Old Welsh verb.
>>Specifically: what reconstructions have been made of the verb paradigms
>>of Classical Brythonic or common P-Celtic, ca. 500 B.C.-5-00 A.D., that
>>evolved into the familiar verb forms of Old Welsh/Cornish/Breton?
>
>Calvert Watkins of Harvard has been working the Celtic verb system for
>decades. Although most of what I've seen has been oriented towards Irish
>(because our records are far older), he may be the place to start.

You have to be careful with Breton.  Its verbal system is very different
from the other Celtic languages, thanks, in large part, to the influence of
French.  
-- 
Rick Wojcik  rickw@eskimo.com     Seattle (for locals: Bellevue), WA
             http://www.eskimo.com/~rickw/
