Comparative Indo-European linguistics

J. Benjamins

1995

xxii, 376 p.

Appendices: p. [259]-273. 'List of terms': p. [274]-283. Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-300) and indexes (p. [348]-376)

9789027221506

1. Introduction -- 2. The Indo-European Family of Languages -- 3. The Culture and Origin of the Indo-Europeans -- 4. Sound Change -- 5. Analogy -- 6. Other Form-Changes; The Accent -- 7. Vocabulary Changes -- 8. Morphological and Syntactic Change -- 9. Internal Reconstruction -- 10. The Comparative Method -- 11. The Sounds and the Accent -- 12. Introduction -- 13. The Substantive -- 14. The Adjective -- 15. The Pronoun -- 16. The Numerals -- 17. Indeclinable Words -- 18. The Verb

This introduction to Comparative Indo-European linguistics starts with a presentation of the languages of the family and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans. It covers the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages

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