Italo-Celtic group
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The Italo-Celtic group is a hypothesized branch of the Indo-European language family that posits a closer historical relationship between the Italic and Celtic languages based on shared linguistic innovations.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypothesized language group
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proposed branch of the Indo-European language family → |
| basedOn |
lexical correspondences
→
morphological similarities → phonological similarities → shared linguistic innovations → |
| contrastedWith |
purely areal contact models for Italic–Celtic similarities
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view that Italic and Celtic form separate primary branches of Indo-European → |
| fieldOfStudy |
Indo-European linguistics
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historical linguistics → |
| hasAlternativeExplanation |
areal convergence between Italic and Celtic
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parallel independent innovations → substrate influence in western Indo-European → |
| hasConceptualAncestor |
early comparative work on Italic and Celtic
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|
| hasEvidenceType |
comparative method
→
shared innovations criterion → |
| hasGeographicContext |
ancient western and central Europe
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|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
assimilation of *p to following *kʷ in some environments
→
genitive in -ī → merger of PIE *o and *a in certain contexts → parallel innovations in nominal inflection → similar developments in verbal morphology → subjunctive in -ā- → superlative in -ism̥mo- / -issimo- → |
| hasMember |
Celtic languages
→
Italic languages → |
| hasOpponent |
scholars who favor areal contact explanations
→
scholars who treat Italic and Celtic as separate primary branches → |
| hasProponent |
A. J. van Windekens
→
Frederik Kortlandt → Julius Pokorny → Ranko Matasović → Warren Cowgill → |
| hasStatus |
controversial in Indo-European studies
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not universally accepted → |
| influencesDebateOn |
internal subgrouping of Indo-European
→
reconstruction of Proto-Celtic → reconstruction of Proto-Italic → |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European
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|
| relatedTo |
Celtic branch of Indo-European
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Indo-European family tree reconstruction → Italic branch of Indo-European → areal linguistics in ancient Europe → |
| subclassOf |
Indo-European language subgroup hypothesis
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|
| timeOfProposal |
early 20th century
→
late 19th century → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Proto-Italic
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sharesIsoglossWith |