Indo-European Language and Culture: An IntroductionJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011 M09 7 - 576 pages This revised and expanded edition provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. Now offering even greater coverage than the first edition, it is the definitive introduction to the field.
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Contents
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ProtoIndoEuropean Phonology | 53 |
Introduction | 75 |
The Verb | 88 |
The Noun | 113 |
Pronouns and Other Parts of Speech | 140 |
ProtoIndoEuropean Syntax | 152 |
Anatolian | 170 |
Celtic | 309 |
Germanic | 338 |
Armenian | 382 |
Tocharian | 400 |
BaltoSlavic | 414 |
Albanian | 446 |
Fragmentary Languages | 459 |
Glossary | 472 |
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accent active adjective Anatolian ancient aorist appears Archaic Armenian Avestan became become beginning branches called carry Celtic century Classical clitic clusters cognate common comparative consonant contains continues culture derived developed dialect discussed earlier early ending English especially example fact final forms further genitive Germanic give given grammar Greek historical Hitt Hittite Indic Indo-European Indo-Iranian inscriptions Iranian Irish Italic Italy known languages laryngeal later Latin linguistic Lith lost meaning middle nasal nominative Note noun original outcome palatal participle perfect Persian phrase plural present preserved probably pronoun Proto-Indo-Europeans reconstructed remained represented root rules Sanskrit short sing singular Slavic sound spoken stem stops suffix syllable term texts thematic Tocharian usually Vedic velars verb verbal voiced vowel word written