UID:
edocfu_9959226510102883
Format:
1 online resource (744 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-026128-6
Series Statement:
Handbucher zur sprach- und kommunikationswissenschaft = Band 41.1
Content:
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.
Note:
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< -- sup> -- th< -- /sup> -- and 20< -- sup> -- th< -- /sup> -- 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< -- sup> -- th< -- /sup> -- 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.
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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.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-018614-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110261288
