This vol in the Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science series contains an Introduction, Bibliog of T. Arwyn Watkins, an Appreciation, IV PARTS, & 25 Chpts. It consists of essays on Welsh, Cornish, & Breton linguistics in honor of T. Arwyn Watkins; synchronic, diachronic, & literary topics are included. PART I - STUDIES IN WELSH LINGUISTICS - contains Gwenllian M. Awbery - The Geographical Distribution of Pembrokeshire Negatives - maps the use of negative forms in the present & imperfect tenses & the loss of negative particles & inflection on the preposition o; Alan R. Thomas - Networks, Nuclei and Boundaries in Areal Dialectology - interprets similarity networks & the minimal spanning tree in the Welsh dialect area, yielding values of internal differentiation & intensity; Beth Thomas - Amrywio Sosioieithyddol yn Nhafodiaith Pont-rhyd-y-fen (Sociolinguistic Variation in the Dialect of Pont-rhyd-y-fen) - examines the realization of Welsh ae as (epsilon): & the voicing of intervocalic consonants in a linguistic boundary village; Bob Morris Jones - Variation in the Use of Pronouns in Verbnoun Phrases and Genitive Noun Phrases in Child Language - analyzes standard & nonstandard variants of pronominalization of nonfinite verb objects & genitive modifiers; James Fife - A Visit to the Galapagos - explores the relation between perfective aspect & passive voice in Welsh in light of data from other languages; Robert D. Borsley - Welsh Passives - applies head-driven phrase structure grammar to the analysis of Welsh simple & periphrastic passives to argue against the need for a transformational model; & Martin J. Ball - The Lateral Fricative: Lateral or Fricative? - reviews the phonetic characteristics of Welsh lateral consonants & the data of consonant mutation, analyzing both in a dependency phonology framework. PART II - STUDIES IN BRETON AND CORNISH LINGUISTICS - contains Humphrey Lloyd Humphreys - Traditional Morphological Processes and Their Vitality in Modern Welsh and Breton - compares the morphologies of Welsh & Breton to conclude that Breton preserves more of the traditional morphological processes in everyday speech than does Welsh; Janig Stephens - Non-Finite Clauses in Breton - argues that the order of constituents in Breton infinitival clauses is subject-verb-object; Breton embedded & independent infinitival clauses are analyzed in a government-&-binding framework; Steve Hewitt - The Progressive in Breton in the Light of the English Progressive - compares Breton & English obligatory progressive structures & constraints on their occurrence, concluding that in Breton the verb beza 'be' is not an auxiliary but the main verb in the progressive construction; Lenora A. Timm - Some Observations on the Syntax of the Breton Verbal Noun - contends that in most contexts the Breton verbal noun is to be interpreted as a nonfinite verb; John S. Hennessey, Jr. - Spirantization to Lenition in Breton: Interpretation of Morphophonological Variability - argues against a language-death view of the current Breton innovation of lenition replacing older spirant mutation; Ken George - A Comparison of Word-Order in Middle Breton and Middle Cornish - uses data from the Middle Breton play Buhez Santez Nonn (circa 1500) & the Middle Cornish play Beunans Meriasek to find innovations in both languages; & N. J. A. Williams - A Problem in Cornish Phonology - argues from orthographic evidence against the existence of palatal stops at any stage of Cornish, defining two major dialect regions & tracing their interaction. PART III - STUDIES IN LITERARY LINGUISTICS - contains Patrick Sims-Williams - Irish Elements in Late Medieval Welsh Literature: The Problem of Cuhelyn and *Nyf - refutes the identification of the Welsh names Cuhelyn & *Nyf with Irish Cu Chulainn & Niamh respectively; Marged Haycock - The Significance of the 'Cad Goddau' Tree-List in the Book of Taliesin - discusses literary problems in the section of the Book of Taliesin in which trees battle a common foe; the full tree list is presented & annotated; Jenny Rowland - Notes on The Gododdin - includes comments on syllable rhymes, the ownership of praise poems, & interpretations of specific constructions; Hildegard L. C. Tristram - The Early Insular Elegies: ITEM ALIA - explores the genre & themes of Early Medieval English, Irish, & Welsh elegies; & J. E. Caerwyn Williams - The Middle Welsh Text Ystorya Judas - compares eleven texts of a Middle Welsh religious composition, presenting an edited version of one of the texts. PART IV - STUDIES IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS - contains Stefan Zimmer - The Welsh Bahuvrihis - describes & lists Welsh compound adjectives of characterization in a classification based on syntactic & semantic features; Anthony Harvey - Notes on Old Irish and Old Welsh Consonantal Spelling - argues for conservatism in the phonology of British Latin & explores the effects of differences in the outcomes of lenition on the earliest Irish & Welsh writing system; Proinsias Mac Cana - On the Uses of the Conjunctive Pronouns in Middle Welsh - presents a stylistic, semantic, & syntactic examination of conjunctive pronouns in several Middle Welsh texts; sixteen uses are distinguished & exemplified copiously; Wolfgang Meid - Uber Albion, elfydd, Albiorix und andere Indikatoren eines keltischen Weltbildes (On Albion, elfydd, Albiorix, and Other Indicators of a Celtic Worldview) - argues for an original mythological significance of the name Albion 'Britain'; Eric P. Hamp - Welsh moes - derives moes 'give me' from *to-me'ret-s-si 'may you come to me'; & Erich Poppe - Word-Order Patterns in Breudwyt Ronabwy - classifies & analyzes the word-order patterns found in positive main clauses in a Middle Welsh native tale. J. Hitchcock