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AbstractThe Celtic languages are characterized by an elaborate system of alternations of word‐initial segments, traditionally known as ‘consonant mutations’. Although historically they arose from across‐the‐board phonological sandhi, they are now deeply embedded in morphosyntactic processes. They are relatively phonologically coherent, but also non‐concatenative, and sensitive to a wide range of lexical, morphological, syntactic and semantic factors. As a result, Celtic mutations present an important test bed for theories of word structure and its interactions with both phonology and syntax.
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