Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Karl Brugmann
SeriesGrundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen 3 Volume Paperback Set
Series part Volume No. Volume 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:592
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/Genrelinguistics
Phonetics and phonology
Grammar and syntax
ISBN/Barcode 9781108006491
ClassificationsDewey:415.9
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 January 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Karl Brugmann (1849-1919) was professor of comparative language sciences at Freiburg im Breisgau when he began publishing his monumental, multi-volume comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages, synthesising the first 70 years of research in a rapidly developing academic subject, and identifying areas for future investigation. Volume 1, on phonology, begins with an introduction to Indo-European philology and provides a bibliographic orientation which is itself a fascinating snapshot of the field. The main part of the book focuses in turn on each Proto-Indo-European sound and its reflexes in the earliest attested languages of each language family (Sanskrit, Avestan, Armenian, Greek, Italic, Germanic, Old Irish, Balto-Slavic). Comparisons are also made within families, for example between Gothic and Old English. Brugmann also discusses Ablaut and sound changes including elision, contraction and lengthening as well as intonation and stress.