Indo-European accent and ablaut / edited by Götz Keydana, Paul Widmer and Thomas Olander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keydana, Götz.

Widmer, Paul, 1967-

Olander, Thomas, 1974-

Series:

Copenhagen studies in Indo-European ; v. 5.

Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European, 1399-5308 ; v. 5

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Indo-European languages--Vowel gradation.

Indo-European languages.

Indo-European languages--Grammar, Comparative.

Genre:

Kongress -- Göttingen -- 2010.

Physical Description:

xi, 195 pages : tables ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2013.

Language Note:

4 English, 4 German contributions.

Summary:

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features of the Indo-European languages. The different ablaut grades seem to be related to the position of the accent in Proto-Indo-European. A good understanding of the relationship between accent and ablaut in Proto-Indo-European requires thorough analyses of the role played by the two phenomena in the Indo-European daughter languages. The aim of the volume is to present the state of the art in current work on accent and ablaut in Proto-Indo-European and its daughter languages. The contributors analyze the interplay between accent and ablaut with attention both to theoretical aspects and to the specific linguistic material. Presenting up-to-date overviews of the models developed by various schools of thought, the contributors discuss a wide array of empirical as well as methodological problems, thus opening up vistas for further research. Book jacket.

Contents:

Interne Rekonstruktion und Akzentparadigmen / Wolfgang Hock Hock, Wolfgang 1

Proterokinetische Stämme, Akzent und Ablaut / Götz Keydana Keydana, Götz 31

Metrical grid theory, internal derivation, and the reconstruction of PIE nominal accent paradigms / Ronald I. Kim Kim, Ronald I. 63

Indo-European nominal ablaut patterns: The Anatolian evidence / Alwin Kloekhorst Kloekhorst, Alwin 107

Indo-European heritage in the Balto-Slavic accentuation system / Thomas Olander Olander, Thomas 129

On Indo-European tones, accentuation and ablaut / Tijmen Pronk Pronk, Tijmen 149

Zwei? Vier? Sechs? Zur Anzahl der Nominalablauttypen und ihrem Grundwesen (Apophonica VII) / Xavier Tremblay Tremblay, Xavier 177

Akzent und Ablaut, externe und interne Derivation in der Nominalkomposition / Paul Widmer Widmer, Paul 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9788763540438

8763540436

OCLC:

847550131