Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Introduction; Varieties of Welsh; Soft mutation or lenition; Nasal mutation or nasalization; Aspirate mutation or spirantization; Pre-vocalic aspiration; Introduction; Morphophonemic and related accounts; Transformational theory: Awbery; Other recent accounts; Introduction; Mutation in Modern Celtic languages; The historical and phonological background; Historical processes; Conclusion; Introduction; Acoustic characteristics of fricatives in Welsh.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The Initial Consonant Mutation system of Welsh is unique to Indo-European languages. This comprehensive book provides an integrated overview of this important feature from a wide linguistic viewpoint.