The Indo-European Languages

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Overview

This comprehensive reference work is the only book available which explores the way in which different cultures use language and the major features of phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of the Indo-European language family.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415064491
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 3/20/1998
  • Series: Routledge Language Family Series
  • Pages: 552
  • Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 1.25 (d)

Meet the Author

Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paolo Ramat both teach linguistics at the University of Pavia, Italy.
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Table of Contents

List of Maps with Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
List of Linguistic Abbreviations
List of Periodical Abbreviations
The International Phonetic Alphabet
1 The Indo-Europeans: Origins and Culture 1
2 Proto-Indo-European: Comparison and Reconstruction 25
3 The Indo-European Linguistic Family: Genetic and Typological Perspectives 74
4 Sanskrit 98
5 The Iranian Languages 125
6 Tocharian 154
7 The Anatolian Languages 169
8 Armenian 197
9 Greek 228
10 Latin 261
11 The Italic Languages 322
12 The Celtic Languages 345
13 The Germanic Languages 380
14 Slavic 415
15 The Baltic Languages 454
16 Albanian 480
Index 502
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