Indo-European Accent and Ablaut

Indo-European Accent and Ablaut
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Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9788763540438
ISBN-13 : 8763540436
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Synopsis Indo-European Accent and Ablaut by : Thomas Olander

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features of the Indo-European languages. The different ablaut grades seem to be related to the position of the accent in Proto-Indo-European. A good understanding of the relationship between accent and ablaut in Proto-Indo-European requires thorough analyses of the role played by the two phenomena in the Indo-European daughter languages.

The aim of the volume is to present the state of the art in current work on accent and ablaut in Proto-Indo-European and its daughter languages. The contributors analyze the interplay between accent and ablaut with attention both to theoretical aspects and to the specific linguistic material. Presenting up-to-date overviews of the models developed by various schools of thought, the contributors discuss a wide array of empirical as well as methodological problems, thus opening up vistas for further research.

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9789027285003
ISBN-13 : 9027285004
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Synopsis Comparative Indo-European Linguistics by : Robert S.P. Beekes

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language.The reader is introduced into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. The text of this second edition has been corrected and updated by Michiel de Vaan. Sixty-six new exercises enable the student to practice the reconstruction of PIE phonology and morphology.

The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent

The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent
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Publisher : Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9004346090
ISBN-13 : 9789004346093
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent by : Jay H. Jasanoff

The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accenthas been written to fill a gap. The interested non-specialist can easily learn about the complex accent systems of the individual Baltic and Slavic languages and how they relate to each other. But the reader interested in the Proto-Balto-Slavic parent system, and how it evolved from the very different system of Proto-Indo-European, has few reliable places to turn. The goal of this book is to provide an accentological interface between Indo-European and Balto-Slavic--to identify and explain the accent shifts and other early changes that give the earliest stages of Baltic and Slavic their distinctive prosodic cast.

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9004409343
ISBN-13 : 9789004409347
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Synopsis The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European by : Alwin Kloekhorst

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European contains sixteen contributions that offer the newest insights into the prehistory of Proto-Indo-European, taking the Indo-Anatolian and the Indo-Uralic hypotheses as their point of departure.

An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages

An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages
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Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 0809310910
ISBN-13 : 9780809310913
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Synopsis An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages by : Philip Baldi

This comprehensive linguistic survey of the Indo-European groups synthesizes the vast amount of information contained in the spe­cialized handbooks of the individual stocks. The text begins with an introduction to the concept of the Indo-European language family, the history of its discovery, and the techniques of analysis. The introduction also gives a structural sketch of Proto-Indo-European, the parent language from which the others are descended. Baldi then devotes a chapter to each of the 11 major branches of Indo-European (Italic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian, Greek, Armenian, Albanian, Baltic, Slavic, Germanic, Tocharian, and Anatolian). Each chapter provides an outline of the external history of the branch, its people, di­alects, and other relevant history. This out­line is followed by a structural sketch of the most important language or languages of the branch (e.g., Old Irish for Celtic, Sanskrit and Avestan for Indo-Iranian, Latin and Osco-Umbrian for Italic). The sketch also contains the phonology, morphology, and syntax of each language. There is lastly a sample text of each language containing both interlinear and free translation. In those branches where there are special issues (e.g., the relation of Italic to Celtic and Baltic to Slavic, or the problem of archaism in Hittite), additional discussions of these issues are pro­vided. Baldi's final chapter gives a brief out­line of the "minor" Indo-European lan­guages such as Illyrian, Thracian, Raetic, and Phrygian. Adding further to the usefulness of the book are extensive bibliographies, an up-to-date map showing the geographical dis­tribution of the Indo-European languages throughout the world, and a detailed family tree diagram of the members of each sub­group within the Indo-European language family and their interrelationships.

The Sound of Indo-European

The Sound of Indo-European
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Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages : 641
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ISBN-10 : 9788763538381
ISBN-13 : 8763538385
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sound of Indo-European by : Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead

This contribution in this volume discuss a large variety of issues from the realm of Indo-European phonology in its broadest definition, stretching from minute phonetic to more abstract levels of phonemics and morphophonemics and centering upon all varieties of Indo-European, including the protolanguage and its recent pre-stages and, in effect, all of its post-stages till this day.

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9789004409354
ISBN-13 : 9004409351
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European by : Alwin Kloekhorst

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European contains sixteen contributions that offer the newest insights into the prehistory of Proto-Indo-European, taking the Indo-Anatolian and the Indo-Uralic hypotheses as their point of departure.

The Indo-European Syllable

The Indo-European Syllable
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9789004293021
ISBN-13 : 9004293027
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Indo-European Syllable by : Andrew Byrd

In The Indo-European Syllable Andrew Miles Byrd investigates the process of syllabification within Proto-Indo-European (PIE), revealing connections to a number of seemingly unrelated phonological processes in the proto-language. Drawing from insights in linguistic typology and synchronic theory, he makes two significant advances in our understanding of PIE phonology. First, by analyzing securely reconstructable consonant clusters at word’s edge, he devises a methodology which allows us to predict which types of consonant clusters could occur word-medially in PIE. Thus, a number of previously disconnected phonological rules can now be understood as being part of a conspiracy motivated by violations in syllable structure. Second, he uncovers evidence of morphological influence within the syllable, created by processes such as quantitative ablaut. These advances allow us to view PIE as a synchronic grammar, one which can be described by -- and contribute to -- modern linguistic theory.

Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics

Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9781136926839
ISBN-13 : 1136926836
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics by : Winfred P. Lehmann

This book presents, for the first time in English, a complete critical survey of the theory and methodology of Indo-European linguistics, from its origins two centuries ago to the present day.

Balto-Slavic Accentual Mobility

Balto-Slavic Accentual Mobility
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9783110213355
ISBN-13 : 3110213354
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Balto-Slavic Accentual Mobility by : Thomas Olander

Why does the accent jump back and forth in Russian words like golová 'head', acc. gólovu, gen. golový, dat. golové etc.? How come we find similar alternations in other Slavic languages and in a Baltic language like Lithuanian? The quest for the origin of the so-called "mobile accent paradigms" of Baltic and Slavic leads the reader through other Indo-European language branches such as Indo-Iranian, Greek and Germanic, all of which are relevant to the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European accentuation system. After the examination of the evidence for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European accentuation system, focus is moved to the Baltic and Slavic accentuation systems and their relationship to each other and to Proto-Indo-European. A comprehensive history of research and numerous bibliographical references to earlier pieces of scholarship throughout the book make it a useful tool for anybody who is interested in Balto-Slavic and Indo-European accentology. Written in a simple style and constantly aiming at presenting old and new opinions on the various problems, the volume may serve as an introduction to this complicated field.