Laws and Rules in Indo-European
Title | Laws and Rules in Indo-European PDF eBook |
Author | Philomen Probert |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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Release | 2012-05-10 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0191008001 |
This book examines the operation of laws, rules, and principles in Indo-European, the language family which includes the Celtic, Germanic, Italic/Romance, and Baltic/Slavic subfamilies as well as the predominant languages of Greece, Iran, parts of Southern Asia, and ancient Anatolia. Laws and rules are crucial to Indo-European studies: they constrain the reconstructions and etymologies on which knowledge of the history and prehistory of Indo-European in particular and ancient languages more generally is based, and which allow processes of morphological change, semantic shift, and borrowing to be identified. But these laws and rules require constant reassessment in the light of new evidence, theory, and method. Through a series of case studies re-examining specific laws and rules in the Indo-European language family, this book explores the implications of new insights into language change andof increasing opportunities for attention to chronology and detail in the treatment of primary material. The languages and language families under consideration include Celtic, Germanic, Italic and Romance, Armenian, Greek, and Indo-Iranian languages as well as Proto-Indo-European. Laws and Rules in Indo-European brings together leading scholars from all over the world. It makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the history of ancient languages and the reconstruction of their ancestors, as well as to research methods.
The Laws of Indo-European
Title | The Laws of Indo-European PDF eBook |
Author | N.E. Collinge |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027286388 |
This book collects all the named laws of Indo-European, presents each in its original form and rationale and then provides an evaluation of all major attacks, revisions and exploitations, along with a full bibliography and index. Complete – thorough – exhaustive.
Laws and Rules in Indo-European
Title | Laws and Rules in Indo-European PDF eBook |
Author | Philomen Probert |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2012-05-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199609926 |
Leading scholars from all over the world reassess the operation of the laws and rules in Indo-European which constrain the reconstructions and etymologies on which knowledge of the history and prehistory of the language family is based. The book makes an important contribution to the history of ancient languages.
The laws of Indo-European
Title | The laws of Indo-European PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1985 |
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Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek
Title | Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek PDF eBook |
Author | P. J. Barber |
Publisher | Oxford Classical Monographs |
Pages | 455 |
Release | 2013-11 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0199680507 |
This book is an investigation of how semivowels were realised in Indo-European and in early Greek. More specifically, it examines the extent to which Indo-European *i and *y were independent phonemes, in what respects their alternation was predictable, and how this situation changed as Indo-European developed into Greek. The comprehensive nature of this study, its chronological sensitivity, and careful assessment of what is inherited and what is innovative, enables substantive conclusions to be drawn regarding the behaviour of semivowels at various stages in the history of Greek and in Indo-European itself.
The laws of Indo-European
Title | The laws of Indo-European PDF eBook |
Author | Nerville Edgar Collinge |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1985 |
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The Laws of Indo-European
Title | The Laws of Indo-European PDF eBook |
Author | N. E. Collinge |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027235309 |
This book collects all the named laws of Indo-European, presents each in its original form and rationale and then provides an evaluation of all major attacks, revisions and exploitations, along with a full bibliography and index. Complete thorough exhaustive.