Hamp 1989

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Eric Pratt Hamp, "Voltino to-", Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 36 (1989), 107-108.

Author/Editor: Eric Pratt Hamp
Type: linguistic study
Language: English
Link to Author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_P._Hamp
Link to Journal: http://www.uwp.co.uk/book_desc/sc.html
Used for: 4 pages (show list)


Commentary

Refering to Eska 1989, the author supports the hypothesis that the inscription of Voltino should be divided in two indipendent sentences. Furthermore, he analyses the syntax of the inscription, defining it "an archaic piece of syntax not previously observed in Continental Celtic".