Indo-European linguistics : an introduction / James Clackson.
The Indo-European language family consists of many of the modern and ancient languages of Europe, India and Central Asia, including Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Russian, German, French, Spanish and English. Spoken by an estimated three billion people, it has the largest number of native speakers in the w...
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| Series: | Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
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| Summary: | The Indo-European language family consists of many of the modern and ancient languages of Europe, India and Central Asia, including Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Russian, German, French, Spanish and English. Spoken by an estimated three billion people, it has the largest number of native speakers in the world today. This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of the Indo-European languages. It clearly sets out the methods for relating the languages to one another, presents an engaging discussion of the current debates and controversies concerning their classification, and offers sample problems and suggestions for how to solve them. Complete with a comprehensive glossary, almost 100 tables in which language data and examples are clearly laid out, suggestions for further reading, discussion points, and a range of exercises, this text will be an essential toolkit for all those studying historical linguistics, language typology and the Indo-European languages for the first time. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 260 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-245) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511365461 0511365462 9780511649394 0511649398 9780511808616 0511808615 1107173124 9781107173125 9786612389870 6612389877 0511645309 9780511645303 1282389874 9781282389878 0511556349 9780511556340 0511366094 9780511366093 |
| Language: | English. |