- 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
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Indo-European Language and Culture
- Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Guide to the Reader
- 1 Introduction: The Comparative Method and the Indo-European Family
- 2 Proto-Indo-European Culture and Archaeology
- 3 Proto-Indo-European Phonology
- 4 Proto-Indo-European Morphology: Introduction
- 5 The Verb
- 6 The Noun
- 7 Pronouns and Other Parts of Speech
- 8 Proto-Indo-European Syntax
- 9 Anatolian
- 10 Indo-Iranian I: Indic
- 11 Indo-Iranian II: Iranian
- 12 Greek
- 13 Italic
- 14 Celtic
- 15 Germanic
- 16 Armenian
- 17 Tocharian
- 18 Balto-Slavic
- 19 Albanian
- 20 Fragmentary Languages
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Word Index
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