A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Second Edition: Language and Culture, Writing System and Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Texts and Dictionary

Carlos Quiles

Indo-European Association, Oct 5, 2009 - 828 pages

A Grammar of Modern Indo-European is a complete reference guide to a modern, revived Indo-European language. It contains a comprehensive description of Proto-Indo-European grammar and offers an analysis of the complexities of the prehistoric language and its reconstruction. Written in a fresh and accessible style, this book focuses on the real patterns of use in a modern Europe's Indo-European language. The book is well organized and is filled with full, clear explanations of areas of confusion and difficulty. It also includes an extensive bilingual dictionary, etymological notes, and numbered paragraphs designed to provide readers easy access to the information they require. An essential reference source for the learner and user of Indo-European, this book will be the standard work for years to come.

Contents

• WORDS AND THEIR FORMS: 129
• NOUNS: 145
• ADJECTIVES: 169
• VERBS: 193
• PROTOINDOEUROPEAN SYNTAX: 265
• PROTOINDOEUROPEAN PHONOLOGY: 451
• ETYMOLOGICAL NOTES: 485
• BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING: 821
• TABLE OF CONTENTS 3: 3
• PREFACE 9: 9
• INTRODUCTION 23: 23
• LETTERS AND SOUNDS 109: 109
• PRONOUNS 181: 181
• PARTICLES 257: 257
• INDOEUROPEAN IN USE 325: 325

About the author

Carlos Quiles, co-founder and Chair of the Indo-European Language Revival Association since its legal incorporation, has been working on the revival of Proto-Indo-European as national language for the European Union since 2005. Born in 1981, he has studied 6 years of Law and Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, one year of Economics at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, one year for the LLB degree at the University of London External Programme, and a summer in the Middlebury College's German Language Program. He is currently a sixth-year medical student at the Universidad de Extremadura, in Spain.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Second Edition: Language and Culture, Writing System and Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Texts and Dictionary
• Author: Carlos Quiles
• Publisher: Indo-European Association, 2009
• ISBN: 1448682061, 9781448682065
• Length: 828 pages