A Theory of Textual Reconstruction in Indo-European Linguistics

A Theory of Textual Reconstruction in Indo-European Linguistics
Author: Ranko Matasović
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1996
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

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The theory presented in this book is an attempt to extend the comparative method to linguistic structures of the highest level, i.e., to texts. It shows how fragments of Proto-Indo-European poetry can be reconstructed on the basis of etymologically related expressions, occurring in corresponding contexts in various Indo-European languages. The book also contains a chapter on the formal elements of Proto-Indo-European poetry, and an etymological survey of the poetic terminology of Indo-European languages. The book is intended primarily for Indo-Europeanists, but also for scholars of comparative literature, as its conclusions touch upon the literary prehistory of several Indo-European traditions.

Linguistic Reconstruction and Indo-European Syntax

Linguistic Reconstruction and Indo-European Syntax
Author: Paolo Ramat
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 245
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027235120

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The aim of the colloquium, from which this volume derives, was to bring together approaches from general linguistics and language reconstruction, to show how these can benefit from eachother. Although the focus was on Indo-European languages, other language families were present in the discussion, as typological insights may provide useful parallels to IE phenomena and problems. At the core of the discussion was the methodological problem of induction vs deduction.

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Author: Robert Stephen Paul Beekes
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902721185X

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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 given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. The text of this second edition has been corrected and updated by Michiel de Vaan. Sixty-six new exercises enable the student to practice the reconstruction of PIE phonology and morphology.

Variation, Contact, and Reconstruction in the Ancient Indo-European Languages

Variation, Contact, and Reconstruction in the Ancient Indo-European Languages
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2022-05-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004508872

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This book reflects the vibrancy of historical linguistics, showing how research on ancient Indo-European languages contributes to the understanding of the principles and patterns of language organization and change, including studies on typologically natural tendencies and cognitive universals.

Indo-European und the Indo-Europeans

Indo-European und the Indo-Europeans
Author: Thomas V. Gamkrelidze
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-12-21
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9783110147285

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The authors propose a revision of views on a number of central issues of Indo-European studies. Based on findings of typology, they suggest a new analysis of the phonological system of Proto-Indo-European (the 'Glottalic Theory'); they offer novel assumptions about the relative chronology of changes in PIE vowels and laryngeals. Their conclusions are compared with data from Proto-Kartvelian. In the second part of the book, semantically organized presentation of material from the lexicon is combined with analyses of the use of forms and formulae in a broadly defined cultural context. Again similarities with properties of primarily Kartvelian and Semitic are described , and extended close contacts with these language families are postulated. This necessarily leads to a proposal to place the hypothetical Urheimat of the Indo-Europeans in the region south of the Caucasus. Volume and II of the original Russian edition have been combined in the English version as Part I; the Bibliography and Indexes are published as Part II.

Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics

Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics
Author: Winfred P. Lehmann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2015-01-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1136926909

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This book presents, for the first time in English, a complete critical survey of the theory and methodology of Indo-European linguistics, from its origins two centuries ago to the present day.

Indo-European Language and Culture

Indo-European Language and Culture
Author: Benjamin W. Fortson, IV
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2011-09-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1444359681

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This revised and expanded edition provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. Now offering even greater coverage than the first edition, it is the definitive introduction to the field. Updated, corrected, and expanded edition, containing new illustrations of selected texts and inscriptions, and text samples with translations and etymological commentary Extensively covers individual histories of both ancient and modern languages of the Indo-European family Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and language Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter Includes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and comprehensive word and subject indexes

Linguistic Reconstruction

Linguistic Reconstruction
Author: Anthony Fox
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780198700012

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"Anthony Fox's new textbook is primarily for students with an elementary knowledge of general linguistics who need an up-to-date introduction to historical linguistics, particularly to new developments in the theory and practice of linguistic reconstruction." -- Back cover.

Variation and Reconstruction

Variation and Reconstruction
Author: Thomas D. Cravens
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2006-04-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902728525X

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The relation of language variation to reconstructed languages and to the methodology of reconstruction has long been neglected. The articles in the present volume consider this relationship from a number of different angles, with a number of different focuses. Several of the papers discuss evidence from Germanic, either Proto-Germanic (Joseph, Schwink), or daughter languages such as Dutch (Goss & Howell), Afrikaans (Roberge), Newcastle English (Milroy), and a Wisconsin German dialect (Geiger & Salmons). Other papers look at Italian (Cravens), Spanish (Harris-Northall), and the non-Indo-European languages or families Aramaic (Miller), and Proto-Hmong-Mien (Ratliff), and the Southeast Asian languages Phan Rang Cham and Tsat (Thurgood). In doing so they bring together a number of interconnected issues which are of current concern in comparative and historical linguistics.

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Author: Robert S.P. Beekes
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027285004

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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 given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. The text of this second edition has been corrected and updated by Michiel de Vaan. Sixty-six new exercises enable the student to practice the reconstruction of PIE phonology and morphology.