Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Linguistic Variation

Carlos García-Castillero

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Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination

A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Linguistic Variation

Carlos García-Castillero

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Published/Copyright: 2026

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Volume 391 | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

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On the basis of a corpus of Old Irish texts justified and described in the introductory chapter, this monograph considers cases of variation in the expression of clausal subordination: a pair of synonymous light heads, a pair of synonymous temporal conjunctions ‘when’, a pair of paronymous final consecutive markers ‘so that’, as well as the difference between the latter and a marker of purpose subordinate. Each analysis counts with a sufficient number of cases, and deals with descriptive and diachronic issues. This work contributes to the study of the Old Irish syntax and is also of interest for the investigation of clause subordination in both the typological and diachronic perspectives.

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Carlos García-Castillero, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of tables and figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2 The nominative / accusative singular neuter light heads a^N and aní Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
3 The temporal subordinating conjunctions inta(i)n ‘when’ and a^N ‘when’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
4 The result subordinating markers co^N- ‘till, so that’ and co^L ‘so that’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
5 The purpose conjunct particle ar(a)^N- ‘so that’ and the result conjunct particle co^N- ‘till, so that’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	236
6 Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	286
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed

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eBook published on:

December 1, 2025

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9783111441542

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December 1, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111441177

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Front matter:

14

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346

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1

Tables:

92

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111441542

eBook ISBN: 9783111441542

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111441177

Keywords for this book

Old Irish; Clause Subordination; Corpus Linguistics; Diachrony (of Subordinating Markers); Linguistic Variation

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Linguists interested in Celtology, Indo-European Ling., Lang. Typology, Morphosyntax & Diachronic Linguistics

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