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

Contributor:

Klein, Jared S., editor.

Joseph, Brian D., editor.

Fritz, Matthias, editor.

Wenthe, Mark, 1978- contributor.

Series:

Handbucher zur sprach- und kommunikationswissenschaft ; Band 41.1.

Handbucher zur sprach- und kommunikationswissenschaft = Handbooks of linguistics and communication science ; Band 41.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-European languages--Grammar, Comparative.

Indo-European languages.

Indo-European languages--Grammar, Historical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (744 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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&lt

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and 20&lt

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&lt

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-026128-6

OCLC:

1004868237