Introduction To Proto Indo European And Balto Slavic Accentology

Author : Roman Sukac
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 370 pages
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Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443863360

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Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and Balto-Slavic Accentology by Roman Sukac Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Proto-Indo-European, Balto-Slavic and Proto-Slavic accentology; a branch of diachronic linguistics dealing with the development of syllable stress, intonation, and quantity at the word level. Of particular interest in the book is its detailed summary of the major approaches and solutions to accentology of the last thirty years. Furthermore, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on accentuation of the Indo-European proto-language and the accentuation of Balto-Slavic languages. Such research is integral to our knowledge of how accentual patterns developed from the reconstructed proto-language to the modern Indo-European languages.

Author : Thomas Olander
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110213355

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Balto-Slavic Accentual Mobility by Thomas Olander Pdf

Why does the accent jump back and forth in Russian words like golová 'head', acc. gólovu, gen. golový, dat. golové etc.? How come we find similar alternations in other Slavic languages and in a Baltic language like Lithuanian? The quest for the origin of the so-called "mobile accent paradigms" of Baltic and Slavic leads the reader through other Indo-European language branches such as Indo-Iranian, Greek and Germanic, all of which are relevant to the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European accentuation system. After the examination of the evidence for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European accentuation system, focus is moved to the Baltic and Slavic accentuation systems and their relationship to each other and to Proto-Indo-European. A comprehensive history of research and numerous bibliographical references to earlier pieces of scholarship throughout the book make it a useful tool for anybody who is interested in Balto-Slavic and Indo-European accentology. Written in a simple style and constantly aiming at presenting old and new opinions on the various problems, the volume may serve as an introduction to this complicated field.

Author : J. P. Mallory,D. Q. Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199287918

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The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World by J. P. Mallory,D. Q. Adams Pdf

The authors introduce Proto-Indo-European describing its construction and revealing the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using archaeological evidence and natural history they reconstruct the lives, passions, culture, society and mythology of the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

Author : Henrik Birnbaum,Jaan Puhvel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Indo-European languages
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ancient Indo-European Dialects by Henrik Birnbaum,Jaan Puhvel Pdf

Author : Thomas Olander,Paul Widmer,Götz Keydana
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788763540438

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Indo-European Accent and Ablaut by Thomas Olander,Paul Widmer,Götz Keydana Pdf

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features of the Indo-European languages. The different ablaut grades seem to be related to the position of the accent in Proto-Indo-European. A good understanding of the relationship between accent and ablaut in Proto-Indo-European requires thorough analyses of the role played by the two phenomena in the Indo-European daughter languages.

The aim of the volume is to present the state of the art in current work on accent and ablaut in Proto-Indo-European and its daughter languages. The contributors analyze the interplay between accent and ablaut with attention both to theoretical aspects and to the specific linguistic material. Presenting up-to-date overviews of the models developed by various schools of thought, the contributors discuss a wide array of empirical as well as methodological problems, thus opening up vistas for further research.

Author : Miguel Villanueva Svensson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004682719

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The Rise of Acuteness in Balto-Slavic by Miguel Villanueva Svensson Pdf

The development of the prosodic system from Indo-European to Balto-Slavic is dominated by two major innovations: the rise of mobility and the rise of acuteness. This book provides a new account of the latter. It stands out from previous works for being informed by recent advances in phonological typology and tonogenesis and, especially, for its comprehensiveness. All matters related to the rise of acuteness are treated in detail. As a result, the book includes new insights on several issues of Balto-Slavic historical phonology and morphology as well.

Author : Andreas Willi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107195554

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Origins of the Greek Verb by Andreas Willi Pdf

This book traces the evolution of the Indo-European verbal system from the early proto-language to the period of the first Greek texts.

Author : J. P. Mallory,Douglas Q. Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199296685

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The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World by J. P. Mallory,Douglas Q. Adams Pdf

Our linguistic ancestors had used the wheel, were settled arable farmers, kept sheep and cattle, brewed beer, got married, made weapons, and had at least 27 verbs for the expression of strife. The subjects to which the authors devote chapters include fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, religion, and the continuing quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.".

Author : Lars Heltoft,Iván Igartua,Brian D. Joseph,Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh,Lene Schøsler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262639

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Perspectives on Language Structure and Language Change by Lars Heltoft,Iván Igartua,Brian D. Joseph,Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh,Lene Schøsler Pdf

This volume centers on three important theoretical concepts for the study of language change and the ways in which language structure emerges and turns into new structure: reanalysis, actualization, and indexicality. Reanalysis is a part of ongoing everyday language use, a process through which language is reproduced and changed. Actualization refers to the processes through which a reanalyzed structure spreads throughout single communities and society. Indexicality covers the way in which parts of a linguistic system can point to other parts of the system, both syntagmatically and paradigmatically. The inclusion of indexicality leads to fine-grained analysis in morphology, word order, and constructional syntax.

Author : Frederik Kortlandt
Publisher : Brill Rodopi
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9042031352

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Studies in Germanic, Indo-European and Indo-Uralic by Frederik Kortlandt Pdf

The red thread which runs through this book is a quest for relative chronology of linguistic developments. The probability of a reconstruction can be judged against the background of the transitions which it implies for the linguistic system as a whole. The reconstructions are always bottom-up, never top-down. It follows that the chapters on Germanic can be read without reference to the Indo-European background and that the Indo-Uralic part of the book can be left out of consideration if one does not want to look beyond Proto-Indo-European. The initial chapters of the book offer an introduction to the background and methodology of the reconstructions with a discussion of the spread of the Indo-Europeans, the role of general linguistics in linguistic reconstruction, the nature of mixed languages, the origin of the Goths, the relations between Indo-European, Uralic and Caucasian languages, and the structure and development of Proto-Indo-European. The following chapters deal with the phonology and morphosyntax of Indo-European, Greek, Indo-Iranian and Tocharian. These are followed by a discussion of Germanic phonology, verb classes, verbal and nominal inflexion, and specific issues in English, German and Scandinavian languages. After a short treatment of Albanian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic and Italo-Celtic topics, the volume is concluded with a discussion of Anatolian and Indo-Uralic phonology and morphosyntax. The book is of interest to students of Germanic, Indo-European and historical linguistics.

Author : Henrik Birnbaum,Jaan Puhvel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Indo-European languages
ISBN : UCAL:B4350689

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Ancient Indo-European Dialects by Henrik Birnbaum,Jaan Puhvel Pdf

Author : Jay H. Jasanoff
Publisher : Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004346090

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The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent by Jay H. Jasanoff Pdf

The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accenthas been written to fill a gap. The interested non-specialist can easily learn about the complex accent systems of the individual Baltic and Slavic languages and how they relate to each other. But the reader interested in the Proto-Balto-Slavic parent system, and how it evolved from the very different system of Proto-Indo-European, has few reliable places to turn. The goal of this book is to provide an accentological interface between Indo-European and Balto-Slavic--to identify and explain the accent shifts and other early changes that give the earliest stages of Baltic and Slavic their distinctive prosodic cast.

Author : George Cardona,Henry M. Hoenigswald,Alfred Senn
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781512801200

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Indo-European and Indo-Europeans by George Cardona,Henry M. Hoenigswald,Alfred Senn Pdf

Twenty-two internationally known linguists, anthropologists, and archaeologists discuss such questions as the original home of the Indo-Europeans, their migration, religiomythic beliefs, and legal customs in the most comprehensive treatment of Indo-European culture in recent times.

Author : A. M. Lubotsky
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004643987

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The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European by A. M. Lubotsky Pdf

Author : Rick Derksen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789004653740

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Metatony in Baltic by Rick Derksen Pdf

During the past decades Balto-Slavic accentology has become increasingly important for the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European. This study tries to provide an explanation for the phenomenon of metatony in Baltic, i.e. the phenomenon that in certain Baltic forms a morpheme shows the reflex of the Balto-Slavic circumflex intonation where we would expect the reflex of the acute intonation (métatonie douce) or vice versa (métatonie rude). The subject necessarily involves an inquiry into the origin of the Lithuanian and Latvian tone systems. Furthermore, it requires the assessment of a large number of etymologies. In the final chapter of the book, the developments which are considered to be relevant to the rise of metatony are incorporated into a relative chronology. The investigation is based on a comprehensive collection of data, including evidence from Lithuanian and Latvian dialects and Old Lithuanian. In comparison with earlier studies on the subject, the Latvian evidence plays an essential role. This book tries to demonstrate that the value of Latvian data for Balto-Slavic accentology has hitherto not been fully recognized.