Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics. Volume 1, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics

This book presents the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European Linguistics in a century, focusing on the entire Indo-European family and treating each major branch and most minor languages. The collaborative work of 120 scholars from 22 countries, __Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics__ combines the exhaustive coverage of an encyclopedia with the in-depth treatment of individual monographic studies. This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an overview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the series aims for a standard comparable to that of the leading handbooks in other disciplines, and to this end strives for comprehensiveness, theoretical explicitness, reliable documentation of data and findings, and up-to-date methodology. The editors, both of the series and of the individual volumes, and the individual contributors, are committed to this aim. The language of publication is English. The main aim of the series is to provide an appropriate account of the state of the art in the various areas of linguistics and communication science covered by each of the various handbooks; however no inflexible pre-set limits will is imposed on the scope of each volume. The series is open-ended, and can thus take account of further developments in the field. This conception, coupled with the necessity of allowing adequate time for each volume to be prepared with the necessary care, means that there is no set time-table for the publication of the whole series. Each volume is a self-contained work, complete in itself. The order in which the handbooks are published does not imply any rank ordering, but is determined by the way in which the series is organized; the editors of the whole series enlist a competent editor for each individual volume. Once the principal editor for a volume has been found, he or she then has a completely free hand in the choice of co-editors and contributors. The editors plan each volume independently of the others, being governed only by general formal principles. The series editors only intervene where questions of delineation between individual volumes are concerned. It is felt that this (modus operandi) is best suited to achieving the objectives of the series, namely to give a competent account of the present state of knowledge and of the perception of the problems in the area covered by each volume. To discuss your handbook idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert. Preface Contents I. General and methodological issues 1. Comparison and relationship of languages 2. Language contact and Indo-European linguistics 3. Methods in reconstruction 4. The sources for Indo-European reconstruction 5. The writing systems of Indo-European 6. Indo-European dialectology 7. The culture of the speakers of Proto-Indo- European 8. The homeland of the speakers of Proto-Indo-European 9. The comparative method in Semitic linguistics 10. The comparative method in Uralic linguistics 11. The comparative method in Caucasian linguistics 12. The comparative method in African linguistics 13. The comparative method in Austronesian linguistics 14. The comparative method in Australian linguistics III. Historical perspectives on Indo-European linguistics 15. Intuition, exploration, and assertion of the Indo- European language relationship 16. Indo-European linguistics in the 19 th and 20 th centuries: beginnings, establishment, remodeling, refinement, and extension(s) 17. Encyclopedic works on Indo-European linguistics 18. The impact of Hittite and Tocharian: Rethinking Indo-European in the 20 th century and beyond IV. Anatolian 19. The documentation of Anatolian 20. The phonology of Anatolian 21. The morphology of Anatolian 22. The syntax of Anatolian: The simple sentence 23. The lexicon of Anatolian 24. The dialectology of Anatolian V. Indic 25. The documentation of Indic 26. The phonology of Indic 27. The morphology of Indic (old Indo-Aryan) 28. The syntax of Indic 29. The lexicon of Indic 30. The dialectology of Indic 31. The evolution of Indic VI. Iranian 32. The documentation of Iranian 33. The phonology of Iranian 34. The morphology of Iranian 35. The syntax of Iranian 36. The lexicon of Iranian 37. The dialectology of Iranian 38. The evolution of Iranian VII. Greek 39. The documentation of Greek 40. The phonology of Greek 41. The morphology of Greek 42. The syntax of Greek 43. The lexicon of Greek 44. The dialectology of Greek 45. The evolution of Greek "This book presents the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European Linguistics in a century, focusing on the entire Indo-European family and treating each major branch and most minor languages. The collaborative work of 120 scholars from 22 countries, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics combines the exhaustive coverage of an encyclopedia with the in-depth treatment of individual monographic studies"-- Provided by publisher The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.