Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction

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John Wiley & Sons, Sep 7, 2011 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 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.
  • Updated, corrected, and expanded edition, containing new illustrations of selected texts and inscriptions, and text samples with translations and etymological commentary
  • Extensively covers individual histories of both ancient and modern languages of the Indo-European family
  • Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and language
  • Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter
  • Includes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and comprehensive word and subject indexes
 

Contents

ProtoIndoEuropean Culture and Archaeology
18
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

Indic
202
Iranian
227
Greek
248
Italic
274

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About the author (2011)

Benjamin W. Fortson IV is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin Language, Literature, and Historical Linguistics in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan.

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