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Comparative Indo-European linguistics : an introduction / Robert S.P. Beekes ; revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beekes, R. S. P. (Robert Stephen Paul)
- Standardized Title:
- Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indo-European languages--Grammar, Comparative.
- Indo-European languages.
- Comparative linguistics.
- Historical linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (440 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language.The reader is introduced into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is gi
- Contents:
- pt. 1. General section
- pt. 2. Comparative Indo-European linguistics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613314826
- 9781283314824
- 1283314827
- 9789027285003
- 9027285004
- OCLC:
- 767736170
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