The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784891903321
• Autore: Mallory J. P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006
• ISBN: 1-383-04347-7; 1-281-15457-1; 0-19-151605-8; 1-4294-7104-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (756 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AdamsD. Q
• Disciplina: 305.809; 410
• Soggetti: Indo-European languages; Indo-Europeans; Proto-Indo-European language
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Maps; Lits of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Discovery; 2 The Elements; 3 Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European; 4 The System; 5 Relationships; 6 A Place in Time; 7 Reconstructing the Proto-Indo-Europeans; 8 The Physical World; 9 Indo-European Fauna; 10 Indo-European Flora; 11 Anatomy; 12 Family and Kinship; 13 Hearth and Home; 14 Clothing and Textiles; 15 Material Culture; 16 Food and Drink; 17 Proto-Indo-European Society; 18 Space and Time; 19 Number and Quantity; 20 Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception; 21 Speech and Sound; 22 Activities23 Religion; 24 Grammatical Elements; 25 Comparative Mythology; 26 Origins-The Never-Ending Story; Appendices; References; Index of Languages; Index of Subjects and Places
• Sommario/riassunto: This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the ; authors explore the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, and religion, and describe the quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European h