From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
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From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
(A linguistic history of English, v. 1)
Oxford University Press, 2008, c2006
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"First published in paperback 2008"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-306) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes the earliest reconstructable stages of the prehistory of English. It outlines the grammar of Proto-Indo-European, considers the changes by which one dialect of that prehistoric language developed into Proto-Germanic, and provides a detailed account of the grammar of Proto-Germanic. The focus throughout the book is on linguistic structure. In the course of his exposition Professor Ringe draws on a long tradition of work on many languages, including
Hittite, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Slavic, Gothic, and Old Norse. Written to be intelligible to those with a background in modern linguistic theory, the first volume in Don Ringe's A Linguistic History of English will be of central interest to all scholars and students of comparative Indo-European and
Germanic linguistics, the history of English, and historical linguists.
The next volume in the History will consider the development of Proto-Germanic into Old English. Subsequent volumes will describe the attested history of English from the Anglo-Saxon era to the present.
Table of Contents
- 1. General Introduction
- 2. Proto-Indo-European
- 3. The Development of Proto-Germanic
- 4. Proto-Germanic
- References
- Index
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