LL-L "Language history" 2010.07.15 (05) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>

Subject: LL-L "Language history"



Beste Roger,

You wrote:

> Below a newspaper report about archeological findings in the North of East
Flanders.
> Question: what kind of language did they spreak in the period 1500-1100
BC.in W Europe?
> Could that be already Indo-European? Proto-Celtic?

Could have been proto-Celtic, but with a non-Indo-European substrate. You
may find the following pdf very convincing in this respect:

http://tinyurl.com/2ceodcl

Author Peter Schrijver draws a parallel with what happened to the Hattic
language when the Hittites arrived. He shows how the syntaxis of Northern
Celtic, in contrast with Southern Celtic, suddenly became a lot more
complex, as a result of language contact with invading/occupying
Indo-Europeans. Very fascinating too how Schrijver explains how
pre-aspiration developed in Gaelic...goes a long way back! Accents due to
imperfect second-language acquisition are the actual triggers, he claims.

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium



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