A Historical Phonology of Breton
E561891
A Historical Phonology of Breton is a seminal linguistic study by Kenneth H. Jackson that traces the sound changes and development of the Breton language over time.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Historical Phonology of Breton canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6018164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Historical Phonology of Breton Context triple: [Kenneth H. Jackson, notableWork, A Historical Phonology of Breton]
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A.
Gallo-Romance phonology
Gallo-Romance phonology is the sound system characteristic of the Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages, encompassing their distinctive vowel, consonant, and prosodic developments from Latin.
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B.
Indo-European phonology
Indo-European phonology is the branch of linguistics that reconstructs and analyzes the sound systems and sound changes of the Proto-Indo-European language and its descendant languages.
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C.
Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.
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D.
Historische Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen
Historische Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen is a major scholarly work on the historical grammar and development of the Celtic languages authored by linguist Julius Pokorny.
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E.
The Sound Pattern of English
The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Historical Phonology of Breton Target entity description: A Historical Phonology of Breton is a seminal linguistic study by Kenneth H. Jackson that traces the sound changes and development of the Breton language over time.
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A.
Gallo-Romance phonology
Gallo-Romance phonology is the sound system characteristic of the Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages, encompassing their distinctive vowel, consonant, and prosodic developments from Latin.
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B.
Indo-European phonology
Indo-European phonology is the branch of linguistics that reconstructs and analyzes the sound systems and sound changes of the Proto-Indo-European language and its descendant languages.
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C.
Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.
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D.
Historische Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen
Historische Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen is a major scholarly work on the historical grammar and development of the Celtic languages authored by linguist Julius Pokorny.
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E.
The Sound Pattern of English
The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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linguistic study ⓘ person ⓘ |
| analyzes |
diachronic sound laws in Breton
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phonological correspondences between Breton and other Celtic languages ⓘ |
| author | Kenneth H. Jackson ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
comparative Celtic phonology
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reconstruction of earlier stages of Breton ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal study of Breton historical phonology ⓘ |
| describes | evolution of Breton from earlier Celtic stages ⓘ |
| field |
Celtic linguistics
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Celtic studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
historical development of Breton phonology
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sound changes in Breton ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Kenneth H. Jackson ⓘ |
| knownFor | A Historical Phonology of Breton ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Breton language
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linked to:
Breton
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| occupation | linguist ⓘ |
| usedIn |
scholarly research on Breton
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university-level courses on Celtic linguistics ⓘ |
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Subject: A Historical Phonology of Breton Description of subject: A Historical Phonology of Breton is a seminal linguistic study by Kenneth H. Jackson that traces the sound changes and development of the Breton language over time.
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