Pierre-Yves Lambert (born 30 May 1949) is a French linguist and scholar of Celtic studies. He is a researcher at the CNRS and a lecturer at the

École Pratique des Hautes Études École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

in Celtic linguistics and philology. Lambert is the director of the journal ''

Études Celtiques ''Études Celtiques'' (EC) (, ''Celtic Studies'') is a French academic journal based in Paris. It started life under the name ''Revue Celtique'', which was founded in 1870 by Henri Gaidoz. Between 1870 and 1934, 52 volumes were published under th ...

''. Lambert specializes in the history of the

Celtic languages The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edwar ...

and the study of Celtic literature, in particular the

Old Irish Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writt ...

, Old Breton,

Middle Welsh Middle Welsh ( cy, Cymraeg Canol, wlm, Kymraec) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period. This form of Welsh developed directly from Old Welsh ( cy, Hen G ...

and

Gaulish Gaulish was an ancient Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switze ...

languages. He is the author of an influential book on the

Gaulish language Gaulish was an ancient Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzer ...

entitled ''La langue gauloise'' (1994). Along with Xavier Delamarre, Lambert is also the co-administrator of ''Thesaurus Paleo-Celticus'', a CNRS project launched in 2019 and aiming to update and replace

Alfred Holder Alfred Theophil Holder (4 April 1840 – 12 January 1916) was an Austrian philologist, historian, and librarian. A specialist of Latin literature and Roman history, he is best known for his editions of Horace, Caesar, Tacitus, and Avianus, as wel ...

's ''Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz'' (1913).

Biography

Born on 30 May 1949, Pierre-Yves Lambert graduated from the

École Normale Supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, S ...

in 1969. He collaborated on the ''Recueil des Inscriptions Gauloises''. (2002). He received the Derek Allen Prize in 2015.

Published works

*1981: ''Les Littératures celtiques'', Presses universitaires de France, series

Que sais-je? "Que sais-je?" (QSJ) (; Literally: "What do I know?", ) is an editorial collection published by the Presses universitaires de France (PUF). The aim of the series is to provide the lay reader with an accessible introduction to a field of study wr ...

, Paris *1983: ''Le Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien de J. Vendryes'', in: Bachellery, Édouard and Pierre-Yves Lambert, ''Das etymologische Wörterbuch : Fragen der Konzeption und Gestaltung'', pp. 17–24, Alfred Bammesberger, ed. Regensberg : Friedrich Pustet *1985: ''Les gloses bibliques de Jean Scot : l'élément vieil-irlandais'', ''Études celtiques'', XXII, p. 205-224. *1986: ''Les gloses celtiques aux commentaires de Virgile'', ''Études celtiques'', XXIII, p. 81-128. *1987: ''Les gloses grammaticales brittoniques'', ''Études celtiques'', XXIV, p. 285-308. *1994: ''La langue gauloise: description linguistique, commentaire d'inscriptions choisies'', Errance, Paris, (Collection des Hesperides). *1993: Anonymous, ''Les Quatre branches du

Mabinogi The ''Mabinogion'' () are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, create ...

'', translated from medium Welsh, presented and annotated by Pierre-Yves Lambert,

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Ga ...

, series "L’aube des peuples", Paris, . *1996: ''Anthologie de la poésie irlandaise du XXe siècle'', under the direction of Jean-Yves Masson, Gaelic authors chosen and presented by Pierre-Yves Lambert, bilingual edition *1997: ''L’impersonnel en celtique'', in ''Scribthair a ainm n-ogaim, Scritti in memoria di Enrico Campanile'', Pise, II, p. 491-514. *1996: ''Lexique étymologique de l'irlandais ancien'' (initiated by

Joseph Vendryes Joseph Vendryes or Vendryès (; 13 January 1875, Paris – 30 January 1960) was a French Celtic linguist. After studying with Antoine Meillet, he was chairman of Celtic languages and literature at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. He found ...

), fasc. B-1980, C-1987

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