Xaverio Ballester
Spanish linguist
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Xaverio Ballester (full name in Spanish transcription: Francisco Javier Ballester Gómez) is a Spanish linguist, professor at University of Valencia[1] and one of main proponents of Paleolithic continuity theory (aka Paleolithic continuity paradigm).[2]
Xaverio Ballester | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francisco Javier Ballester Gómez |
| Citizenship | Spain |
| Occupations | Linguist, profesor |
| Known for | Paleolithic continuity theory |
Career
Ballester obtained a PhD in Classical Philology at the University of Barcelona in 1987. His subsequent teaching positions include: Professor titular of Latin Philology in the University of Zaragoza (1989);[3] Professor of Latin Philology in the University of Valencia (1997); Professor of Latin Philology in the University of La Laguna (1997, resign). Ballester is also co-editor of the journal Liburna.
In 2002, he proposed that the Astures people of northern Spain are not of Indo-European origin, citing evidence from Ancient Greek sources, the phonology of Asturian, and the practice of covada, a tradition where the father stimulates childbirth.[4]
Works
- Works on the Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm
- Las Primeras Palabras de la Humanidad, Valencia 2002.
- Sobre el origen anindoeuropeo de los ástures y maragatos. Palaeohispanica, 2002.[4]
- Zoónimos ancestrales, Valencia 2007.
- Linguística Indo-Europeia Tradicional e Paradigma da Continuidade Paleolítica cara a cara, Lisboa 2009.
- Origen de la lengua valenciana.[5]
- Other books
- A Catulo usque ad Catullum. Studia neoterica, Barcelona 1988.
- Fonemática del latín clásico. Consonantismo, Zaragoza 1996.
- Los Mejores Títulos y los Peores Versos de la Literatura Latina, Barcelona 1998.
- Gálatas, Getas y Atlantes. Tres Ensayos de GeoFilología Clásica, Valencia 2010.