Theoretical Bases of Indo-European LinguisticsThis book presents, for the first time in English, a complete critical survey of the theory and methodology of Indo-European linguistics, from its origins two centuries ago to the present day. |
Contents
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Methods | 24 |
The standard handbooks | 48 |
Revisions on the basis of new data and new principles | 70 |
ProtoIndoEuropean | 93 |
PreIndoEuropean | 117 |
the nominal elements | 140 |
the verbal system | 161 |
The syntax of ProtoIndoEuropean | 187 |
The syntax of PreIndoEuropean | 208 |
The lexicon | 234 |
The community of IndoEuropean speakers | 258 |
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