Indo-European Linguistics

Michael Meier Brügger

Walter de Gruyter, 2003 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 384 pages

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.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• ProtoIndoEuropean Phonology: 71
• B ProtoIndoEuropean Vowels: 75
• Semivowels: 85
• Diphthongs: 91
• ProtoIndoEuropean Consonants: 96
• Continuants s and p?: 102
• Laryngeals: 106
• Occlusives: 124
• Dentals: 126
• Labials: 128
• Tectals: 129
• Assimilations and Dissimilations: 136
• Larger Phonetic Unities: 140
• Accent Wordinitial Wordfinal and Sandhi Phenomena: 141
• Syllable: 142
• Ablaut: 144
• Accent: 152
• ProtoIndoEuropean Morphology: 159
• B Verbs: 163
• Verbal Stem Formation: 164
• The Verb Ending: 178
• The Augment: 182
• Verbal Accent: 183
• Infinitive Verb Forms: 184
• Paraphrastic Constructions: 186
• Nouns and Adjectives: 187
• Nominal Stem Formation: 193
• Nominal Endings: 195
• Inflection Paradigms and their Ablaut Classes: 201
• Formal Characteristics of the Adjective: 218
• ProtoIndoEuropean Syntax prepared by M Fritz: 238
• Verbal Morphosyntax: 251
• Nominal Morphosyntax: 261
• The ProtoIndoEuropean Lexicon: 277
• Bibliography and Key to Reference Citations: 301
• Index: 374

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About the author

Michael Meier-Brugger holds the Chair in Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Matthias Fritz is Research Fellow in the Department of Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Manfred Mayrhofer is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Indo-European Linguistics; De Gruyter Textbook
• Author: Michael Meier Brügger
• Contributors: Matthias Andreas Fritz, Manfred Mayrhofer
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2003
• ISBN: 3110174332, 9783110174335
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General