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Indo-European linguistics : an introduction / James Clackson.
LIBRA P561 .C53 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clackson, James.
- Series:
- Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indo-European languages.
- Indo-European languages--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- The Indo-European language family comprises several hundred languages and dialects, including all of those spoken in Europe, and most of those spoken in South, Southwest and Central Asia. Spoken by an estimated 3 billion people, it has the largest number of native speakers in the world today. This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of the Indo-European languages. It clearly sets out the methods for relating the languages to one another, presents an engaging discussion of the current debates and controversies concerning their classification, and offers sample problems and suggestions for how to solve them. Complete with a comprehensive glossary, almost 100 tables in which language data and examples are clearly laid out, suggestions for further reading, discussion points and a range of exercises, this text will be an essential tool kit for all those studying historical linguistics, language typology and the Indo-European languages for the first time. Does not presuppose knowledge of any language other than English in the examples and discussion, Uses exercises and discussion points to monitor understanding and stimulate classroom discussion on how languages originated and why they are structured in various ways, Contains bibliographical surveys and suggestions for further reading, A glossary of terms provides easy look-up and a quick grasp of concepts.
- Contents:
- 1 The Indo-European language family 1
- 2 Phonology 27
- 3 Morphophonology 64
- 4 Nominal morphology 90
- 5 Verbal morphology 114
- 6 Syntax 157
- 7 Lexicon and lexical semantics 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521653138
- 0521653134
- 0521653673
- 9780521653671
- OCLC:
- 123113761
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