Xaverio Ballester

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

1. Profesor Ballester Gomez, Francisco Javier, Universitat de València
2. Alinei, Mario. "The Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm for the origins of Indo-European languages: An Introduction in progress", PCP study group website
3. 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)