Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An IntroductionJ. Benjamins Pub., 1995 - 376 sider The book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, the first to appear in English. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language, who are considered to have lived in what is today the Ukraine.The book gives an introduction into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. While the book presents a large amount of material and discusses many principles and the relevant terminology, it is written in a very readable and lucid style. Use of the book is facilitated by an appendix on phonetics, a glossary, full indexes, and an extensive bibliography. The book can be used as a first introduction to the field, and at the same time brings the reader to the current moment of research. |
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... question of whether all languages did not in the earliest of times have one common origin . An origin in one place ... question , which remains outside of its competence . Comparative linguistics is equally incapable of answering the ...
... question of whether all languages did not in the earliest of times have one common origin . An origin in one place ... question , which remains outside of its competence . Comparative linguistics is equally incapable of answering the ...
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... questions of how and why become intertwined with each other . That is under- standable , since sometimes the change ... question of why these changes seem to have occurred . Old words disappear and new ones keep on turning up . This is ...
... questions of how and why become intertwined with each other . That is under- standable , since sometimes the change ... question of why these changes seem to have occurred . Old words disappear and new ones keep on turning up . This is ...
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... question display the usual kind of developments we are familiar with in Balto - Slavic . The fact that there are alternations points to the fact that a palatal in certain positions lost its palatal character ( became depalatalized ) ...
... question display the usual kind of developments we are familiar with in Balto - Slavic . The fact that there are alternations points to the fact that a palatal in certain positions lost its palatal character ( became depalatalized ) ...
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ablaut accent accusative adjective adverbs analogy aorist Armenian aspirated athematic Avestan Balto-Slavic became Brugmann's law Celtic comparative linguistics consonant culture dative derived dialects diphthongs disappeared eh₂ example explained feminine forms full grade genitive Germanic glottal Goth Gothic Greek h₂ HD inflection Hitt Hittite i-mutation indicate Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian inflection inscriptions Kortlandt laryngeal Latin lengthened Lithuanian long vowel meaning middle neuter nominative o-stems OCS Lith Old Irish oldest origin participle patér perhaps PGmc phoneme PIE Skt plural possible probably problem pronouns Proto-Indo-European reduplication Rigveda Sanskrit satem secondary endings singular Slavic sonant sound changes sound law static inflection stem stress substantive suffix tense thematic Toch Tocharian unclear velars verb vocative voiceless word Yamnaya zero grade