Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary, 13) - Hardcover

Derksen, Rick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004278982 ISBN 13: 9789004278981

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2014

Synopsis

Like its Slavic counterpart (2008), the Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon aims at combining recent insights from comparative Indo-European linguistics with modern Balto-Slavic accentology. While the Lithuanian lexicon serves as a starting-point, the dictionary contains a number of etyma that are unique to Latvian or Old Prussian. Unlike in most other Baltic etymological studies, both Latvian and Lithuanian accentual data feature prominently. The author's renewed attempt to reconstruct part of the Balto-Slavic lexicon has resulted in numerous additions and corrections.

The introductory chapter explains the structure of the dictionary and clarifies its theoretical framework. In addition, it provides a concise introduction to Baltic historical linguistics. The volume concludes with an extensive bibliography and a word index.

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About the Author

Rick Derksen, Ph.D. (1996), Leiden University, has published extensively on Balto-Slavic historical linguistics, including Metatony in Baltic (1996) and Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (2008). A Slavist and an Indo-Europeanist, he now teaches classics in secondary education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004278982
• ISBN 13: 9789004278981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 684