Spanish linguist
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]
Biography
He obtained Ph.D. in Classical Philology at University of Barcelona in 1987. 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.
Works
- Books on the Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm
- Las Primeras Palabras de la Humanidad, Valencia 2002.
- Zoónimos ancestrales, Valencia 2007.
- Linguística Indo-Europeia Tradicional e Paradigma da Continuidade Paleolítica cara a cara, Lisboa 2009.
- 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.
References
- ^ Profesor Ballester Gomez, Francisco Javier, Universitat de València
- ^ Alinei, Mario. "The Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm for the origins of Indo-European languages: An Introduction in progress", PCP study group website
- ^ Currículum Vitae de miembros de comisiones para concursos de acceso a los cuerpos docentes universitarios Archived March 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2009.
External links
- Ballester's works at Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm website (in English, Spanish, and Italian)
