Xaverio Ballester

Xaverio Ballester
Born
Francisco Javier Ballester Gómez
CitizenshipSpain
OccupationsLinguist, profesor
Known forPaleolithic continuity theory

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]

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.

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" Archived 2019-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, 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.
  4. ^ a b Carvajal, Guillermo (2024-08-28). "Astures: A Non-Indo-European People in Northern Spain?". LBV Magazine English Edition. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  5. ^ "La RACV diu que el valencià «afona les arrels en la més profunda prehistòria valenciana»". Diari La Veu del País Valencià (in Catalan). 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
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