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From: alderson@netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III)
Subject: Re: Welsh Verb Evolution
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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.
-- 
Rich Alderson		[Tolkien quote temporarily removed in favour of
alderson@netcom.com	 proselytizing comment below --rma]

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