Ancient Indo-European Dialects - Proceedings Of The Conference On Indo-European Linguistics Held At The University Of California, Los Angeles April

Birnbaum, Henrik; Puhvel, Jaan

ISBN 10: 0520307585 / ISBN 13: 9780520307582

Published by University of California Press, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Indo-European Dialects - Proceedings Of The Conference On Indo-European Linguistics Held At The University Of California, Los Angeles April
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520307585
• ISBN 13: 9780520307582
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first book to provide a rigorous and comprehensive view of the linguistic divisions of early Europe, Asia Minor, Northern India, and Chinese Turkestan. The unifying topic "Ancient Indo-European Dialects" was chosen with a view to utilizing to best advantage the many competences of the contributors int eh extinct languages and language groups of early Europe, the Near East, and Central Asia. In this book each specialist treats the subdivision particularly suited to his research interest, yet is always conscious of and conversant with the entire sweep and continuity oft he Indo-European language area. It is an effort at delimiting the historically and methodologically demonstrable subgroupings, including a critique of such time-worn combination as Italo-Celtic and Balto-Slavic, and incorporating the principles of modern dialectology in a diachronic application.

 

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About the Author

Henrik Birnabaum was Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, Emeritus, and Jaan Puhvel is Professor of Classical Linguistics, Indo-European Studies, Emeritus, both at the University of California, Los Angeles.