From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
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 l
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1 online resource (366 pages)
9780191536335, 9780199284139, 0191536334, 019928413X
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List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcription; 1 General introduction; 2 Proto-Indo-European; 3 The development of Proto-Germanic; 4 Proto-Germanic; References; Index
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