… those that are easily acquired in situations of language contact. This would not, of course, …
from Proto-Insular Celtic, but it would show that we do not have to posit Proto-Insular Celtic to …

… three relationships in the world of the Insular Celts: of language to nationality; of language
to status; of language to the connections between the Insular Celts and the wider world, first of …

… subdivision of the Celtic languages? In this paper we shall argue that the two proposed
views of Insular Celtic make different predictions about the nature of the pre-Celtic substratum. If …

… Three of them (Irish, Welsh, Cornish) are indigenous to their respective areas and the
other three (Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Breton) are proof that the insular Celts were engaged in …

… our picture of proto- Celtic from that reconstructed almost solely on the basis of the Insular
Celtic languages. Earlier reconstructions resulted in a proto- Celtic that looked considerably …

… However, by the time of our earliest texts in Insular Celtic, the process had become fully
grammaticalized, since for the most part the phonological triggers for the alterations had …

… features of the Insular Celtic languages vis‐à‐vis other Indo‐European languages, perhaps
… will focus upon the argument for contact in the prehistory of the Insular Celtic languages.…

… The Insular Celtic languages are those which are or were spoken in the British Isles. This …
The insular languages divide into the Brittonic group, consisting of Welsh, Cornish and Breton, …

… The Celtic languages today comprise six languages with … Celtic in type) and Goidelic from
the Goídil, modern Gaels (Q-… other forms of Insular Celtic or in Continental Celtic, nor does …

… Celtic languages today, we refer to the InsularFootnote 1 … of the hallmarks of the Celtic
language experience for some time… of language loss and to try to ensure that the Celtic languages …