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

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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

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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.

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