Handbook of comparative and historical Indo-European linguistics : an international handbook / edited by Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz ; in cooperation with Mark Wenthe.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
  • Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
1 online resource (744 pages).

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Contributor
Series
  • Handbucher zur sprach- und kommunikationswissenschaft ; Band 41.1. [More in this series]
  • Handbucher zur sprach- und kommunikationswissenschaft = Handbooks of linguistics and communication science ; Band 41.1 [More in this series]
Summary note
This book presents the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European Linguistics in a century, focusing on the entire Indo-European family and treating each major branch and most minor languages. The collaborative work of 120 scholars from 22 countries, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics combines the exhaustive coverage of an encyclopedia with the in-depth treatment of individual monographic studies.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on print version record.
Language note
In English.
Contents
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. General and methodological issues
  • 1. Comparison and relationship of languages
  • 2. Language contact and Indo-European linguistics
  • 3. Methods in reconstruction
  • 4. The sources for Indo-European reconstruction
  • 5. The writing systems of Indo-European
  • 6. Indo-European dialectology
  • 7. The culture of the speakers of Proto-Indo- European
  • 8. The homeland of the speakers of Proto-Indo-European
  • 9. The comparative method in Semitic linguistics
  • 10. The comparative method in Uralic linguistics
  • 11. The comparative method in Caucasian linguistics
  • 12. The comparative method in African linguistics
  • 13. The comparative method in Austronesian linguistics
  • 14. The comparative method in Australian linguistics
  • III. Historical perspectives on Indo-European linguistics
  • 15. Intuition, exploration, and assertion of the Indo- European language relationship
  • 16. Indo-European linguistics in the 19<
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  • centuries: beginnings, establishment, remodeling, refinement, and extension(s)
  • 17. Encyclopedic works on Indo-European linguistics
  • 18. The impact of Hittite and Tocharian: Rethinking Indo-European in the 20<
  • century and beyond
  • IV. Anatolian
  • 19. The documentation of Anatolian
  • 20. The phonology of Anatolian
  • 21. The morphology of Anatolian
  • 22. The syntax of Anatolian: The simple sentence
  • 23. The lexicon of Anatolian
  • 24. The dialectology of Anatolian
  • V. Indic
  • 25. The documentation of Indic
  • 26. The phonology of Indic
  • 27. The morphology of Indic (old Indo-Aryan)
  • 28. The syntax of Indic
  • 29. The lexicon of Indic
  • 30. The dialectology of Indic
  • 31. The evolution of Indic
  • VI. Iranian
  • 32. The documentation of Iranian.
  • 33. The phonology of Iranian
  • 34. The morphology of Iranian
  • 35. The syntax of Iranian
  • 36. The lexicon of Iranian
  • 37. The dialectology of Iranian
  • 38. The evolution of Iranian
  • VII. Greek
  • 39. The documentation of Greek
  • 40. The phonology of Greek
  • 41. The morphology of Greek
  • 42. The syntax of Greek
  • 43. The lexicon of Greek
  • 44. The dialectology of Greek
  • 45. The evolution of Greek.
ISBN
3-11-026128-6
OCLC
  • 1004868237
  • 1004563249
Doi
  • 10.1515/9783110261288
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