Xaverio Ballester (full name in Spanish transcription: Francisco Javier Ballester Gómez) is a Spanish linguist, professor at University of Valencia and one of main proponents of Paleolithic continuity theory (aka Paleolithic continuity paradigm).
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); 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)