This Textbook on Indo-European Linguistics is designed as an introduction to the field. It presents current topics and questions in Indo-European linguistics in a clear and informative manner. This is the English translation of the eight edition of the work first published by Hans Krahe and it takes account of more recent research. While Krahe only considered phonology and morphology, the edition also includes a comprehensive account of syntax and lexis. Manfred Mayrhofer assisted with the section of phonology; Matthias Fritz wrote the section on syntax and provided support for the project as a whole.

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Indo-European Linguistics
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface to the Seventh German Edition (2000)
- Preface to the Eighth German Edition (2002)
- Preface to the English Translation of the Eighth German Edition
- Terminology, Symbols, Abbreviations
- 1. Terminology
- 2. Symbols, Writing Conventions, Citing Conventions
- 3. Abbreviations
- I. Introduction
- A. The Field and its Study
- B. Indo-European Linguistics in the Age of the PC and the Internet
- C. A Word on the History of Indo-European Linguistics
- D. Overview of the Indo-European Languages and their Sources
- E. The Reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European
- II. Proto-Indo-European Phonology
- A. General Information
- B. Proto-Indo-European Vowels
- C. Proto-Indo-European Consonants
- D. Larger Phonetic Unities
- III. Proto-Indo-European Morphology
- A. General Information
- B. Verbs
- C. Nouns and Adjectives
- D. Pronouns
- E. Numerals
- IV. Proto-Indo-European Syntax, prepared by M. Fritz
- A. General Information
- B. Sentence Syntax
- C. Verbal Morphosyntax
- D. Nominal Morphosyntax
- V. The Proto-Indo-European Lexicon
- A. General Information
- B. Word Formation
- C. The Lexicon of Names
- VI. Bibliography and Key to Reference Citations
- VII. Index
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