A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language : Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian / Vladimir Orel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orel, Vladimir, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albanian language--Historical grammar.

Albanian language.

Albanian language--Grammar, Historical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the historical development of the Albanian language from prehistoric times to our days. The main focus of the book is the reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, the analysis of its relations to its ancestor, Indo-European, and its further change leading to Albanian in its present form. The volume contains a detailed description of historical phonetics and morphology of Albanian. The reader will also find important data on the Albanian vocabulary in its historical development. Together with the author's Albanian Etymological Dictionary , the present book makes a powerful research tool important for Albanologists, Balkanologists and historical linguists.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; References; Abbreviations; 1. Phonology; 2. Morphonology and word-formation; 3. Morphology; 4. Vocabulary; Phonetic tables; Index of Albanian forms; Index a tergo

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610464227

9781280464225

1280464224

9781417510481

141751048X

9789047400363

9047400364

OCLC:

171582965

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047400363 DOI