UID:
almafu_9960118171702883
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 418 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-60013-3
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Linguistics
Content:
Hermann Osthoff (1847-1909) and Karl Brugmann (1849-1919) were central figures in the circle of German scholars who rejected a doctrinal approach to the study of linguistics. They came to be known as the Neogrammarian school. At the core of their work was the theory that European languages, together with a subset of languages found in central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a single prehistoric language. They called this ancestor Indo-Germanic (known today as Indo-European) and claimed that its descendants are all related to one another by varying degrees of closeness. This six-volume elaboration of this thesis was published between 1878 and 1910. Volume 4 (1881) is devoted entirely to Osthoff's study of vowel gradation in Indo-European languages. He makes it clear that his recent research on vowels has led him to revise his earlier views.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2016).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-06300-4
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139600132
