The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic
Biographical note
Nicholas Zair, D.Phil (2010), Oxford University, is Research Fellow in Classics at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. He has published several articles on Celtic and Indo-European historical phonology and morphology, including "PIE ‘bird’ and ‘egg’ after Schindler" (Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 65).
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