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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817833003321

Autore

Beekes R. S. P (Robert Stephen Paul)

Titolo

Comparative Indo-European linguistics : an introduction / / Robert S.P. Beekes ; revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-31482-7

9786613314826

90-272-8500-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Classificazione

EU 720

Altri autori (Persone)

VaanMichiel de <1973->

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Indo-European languages - Grammar, Comparative

Comparative linguistics

Historical linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. General section -- pt. 2. Comparative Indo-European linguistics.

Sommario/riassunto

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 gi