Indo-European, Nostratic, and Beyond
Indo-European, Nostratic, and Beyond

Author: Irén Hegedűs

Publisher: Study of Man

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13:

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Vitalij Viktorovich Shevoroshkin: Selected PublicationsRaimo Anttila: Beating a Goddess out of the Bush?Vaclav Blazek: Indo European 'Seven?Claude Pierre Boisson: The Phonotactics of SumerianJ. C. Catford: The Myth of the Primordial ClickMadhav M. Deshpande: Panini and the Distinctive FeaturesJoseph H. Greenberg: Does Altaic Exist?Eric P. Hamp: A Far Out EquationIren Hegedis: On Grammaticalization in NostraticPramila Hemrajani: Three KissesPeter Edwin Hook: Relative Clauses in Eastern ShinaVyacheslav Vs. Ivanov: Luwian Collective and Non Collective Neutral Nouns in ?arBrian D. Joseph: Macrorelationships and Microrelationships and their RelationshipMark Kaiser: Rigor or Vigor?Whither Distant Linguistic Comparison?Leonid Kulikov: Vedic mriyate and other pseudo passives?Notes on an Accent ShiftAlexis Manaster Ramer: The Polygenesis of Western Yiddish?and the Monogenesis of YiddishKarl Heinrich Menges: Etymological Problems with Words for 'Blood? in Nostratic and Beyond.Peter A. Michalove: Altaic Evidence for Clusters in NostraticVladimir Orel: New Albanian Etymologies (Balkan Etymologies 116 145)Ilya Peiros: Macro Families?Can a Mistake Be Detected?Richard A. Rhodes: On Pronominal SystemsMerritt Ruhlen: Proto Amerind *KAPA 'Finger, Hand? and Its Origin in the Old WorldSergei A. Starostin: On the ?Consonant Splits? in JapaneseAlexander Vovin: Some Japanese Etymologies.

Indo-European Language and Culture
Indo-European Language and Culture

Author: Benjamin W. Fortson, IV

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-08-17

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 1405188960

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This revised and expanded edition provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. Now offering even greater coverage than the first edition, it is the definitive introduction to the field. Updated, corrected, and expanded edition, containing new illustrations of selected texts and inscriptions, and text samples with translations and etymological commentary Extensively covers individual histories of both ancient and modern languages of the Indo-European family Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and language Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter Includes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and comprehensive word and subject indexes

Nostratic
Nostratic

Author: Joseph C. Salmons

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 9027236461

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The "Nostratic" hypothesis -- positing a common linguistic ancestor for a wide range of language families including Indo-European, Uralic, and Afro-Asiatic -- has produced one of the most enduring and often intense controversies in linguistics. Overwhelmingly, though, both supporters of the hypothesis and those who reject it have not dealt directly with one another's arguments. This volume brings together selected representatives of both sides, as well as a number of agnostic historical linguists, with the aim of examining the evidence for this particular hypothesis in the context of distant genetic relationships generally.The volume contains discussion of variants of the Nostratic hypothesis (A. Bomhard; J. Greenberg; A. Manaster-Ramer, K. Baertsch, K. Adams, & P. Michalove), the mathematics of chance in determining the relationships posited for Nostratic (R. Oswa< D. Ringe), and the evidence from particular branches posited in Nostratic (L. Campbell; C. Hodge; A. Vovin), with responses and additional discussion by E. Hamp, B. Vine, W. Baxter and B. Comrie.

The Indo-European Languages
The Indo-European Languages

Author: Mate Kapović

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-01-20

Total Pages: 651

ISBN-13: 1317391535

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New, fully updated edition incorporates the latest research in Indo-European Studies Written by an international team of experts providing a range of views in one volume Revised structure with languages following the order of attestation and new indexes for Proto-Indo-European reconstructed roots/words, Proto-Indo-European vocabulary and specific families/languages indexes (i.e Sanskrit, Latin, Gothic, English) for easier reference.

Nostratic
Nostratic

Author: Colin Renfrew

Publisher: Papers in Historical Linguisti

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13:

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This volume of essays examines the claim that a linguistic macrofamily can be identified which includes not only the Indo-European and Afroasiatic language families but also the Kartvelian, Uralic, Altaic and Dravidian families. The Nostratic case was put by Aharon Dolgopolsky in his The Nostratic Macrofamily and Linguitic Palaeontology, and it is here evaluated critically by linguists specialising in the language families concerned. Contents include: The Nostratic Macrofamily (A. Bomhard); Nostratic Languages: Internal and External Relationship (V. Shevoroshkin); Beyond Nostratic in Time and Space (G. Decsy); Nostratic and Linguistic Palaeontology in Methodological Perspective (L. Campbell); Family Trees and Favourite Daughters (A. McMahon, M. Lohr & R. McMahon); Linguistis Palaeontology: For and Against (I. Hegedus); Afroasiatic and the Nostratic Hypothesis (D. Appleyard); The Dravidian Perspective (K. Zvelebil); Altaic Evidence for Nostratic (A. Vovin); On Semitohamitic Comparison (R. Voight); Toward a Future History of Macrofamily Research (D. Sinor).

Nostratic
Nostratic

Author: Colin Renfrew

Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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This volume of essays examines the claim that a linguistic macrofamily can be identified which includes not only the Indo-European and Afroasiatic language families but also the Kartvelian, Uralic, Altaic and Dravidian families. The Nostratic case was put by Aharon Dolgopolsky in his The Nostratic Macrofamily and Linguitic Palaeontology, and it is here evaluated critically by linguists specialising in the language families concerned. Contents include: The Nostratic Macrofamily (A. Bomhard); Nostratic Languages: Internal and External Relationship (V. Shevoroshkin); Beyond Nostratic in Time and Space (G. Decsy); Nostratic and Linguistic Palaeontology in Methodological Perspective (L. Campbell); Family Trees and Favourite Daughters (A. McMahon, M. Lohr & R. McMahon); Linguistis Palaeontology: For and Against (I. Hegedus); Afroasiatic and the Nostratic Hypothesis (D. Appleyard); The Dravidian Perspective (K. Zvelebil); Altaic Evidence for Nostratic (A. Vovin); On Semitohamitic Comparison (R. Voight); Toward a Future History of Macrofamily Research (D. Sinor).

Diachronic Interpretation of the Nostratic Macrofamily
Diachronic Interpretation of the Nostratic Macrofamily

Author: Yan Kapranov

Publisher: V&R Unipress

Published: 2024-06-17

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 3847017306

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This monograph presents a groundbreaking exploration into the Nostratic macrofamily, a concept that proposes a common ancestral language for several of the world's foremost language families. The study delves deep into the roots of Altaic, Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Eskimo-Aleut, Indo-European, Kartvelian, and Uralic languages, offering a unique perspective on their interconnections and evolutionary paths. The authors examine five pivotal Nostratic etymons from the Swadesh index to illustrate the shared cognitive frameworks of these diverse linguistic groups. This research challenges conventional perspectives on language evolution and introduces new methodologies in cognitive macro-comparative studies. Key to the work is the hypothesis of divergent-convergent and convergent-divergent evolutionary patterns stemming from a common Nostratic origin. Beyond linguistics, this study offers insights into human cognitive development, language formation, and change mechanisms.

The Nostratic Macrofamily
The Nostratic Macrofamily

Author: Allan R. Bomhard

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-05-12

Total Pages: 948

ISBN-13: 3110875640

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

Author: Robert S.P. Beekes

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 9027285004

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This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language.The reader is introduced into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. The text of this second edition has been corrected and updated by Michiel de Vaan. Sixty-six new exercises enable the student to practice the reconstruction of PIE phonology and morphology.