Linguistic Roots of Europe : Origin and Development of European Languages

Mailhammer, Robert (EDT); Vennemann , Theo (EDT); Olsen, Birgit Anette (EDT)

ISBN 10: 8763542099 / ISBN 13: 9788763542098

Published by Museum Tusculanum Press (DK), 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linguistic Roots of Europe : Origin and Development of European Languages
• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8763542099
• ISBN 13: 9788763542098
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Most of us know of the Indo-European roots of European languages, but how did this precursor language take hold and what did Europe look like before it did so? This book explores the continent before the spread of the Indo-Europeans, examines its indigenous population and the contacts it had with Indo-European and Uralic immigrants, and, ultimately, asks how these origins led to the development of that crucial singularity for Europe's languages. Drawing on archaeology, religious studies, and palaeography, the contributors offer a detailed and comprehensive picture of Europe's linguistic prehistory and, in turn, its cultural one.

About the Author

Robert Mailhammer is a senior lecturer in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney in Australia. Theo Vennemann is emeritus professor of theoretical and German linguistics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. Birgit Annette Olsen is professor at the University of Copenhagen.