The Sound of Indo-European
Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics
Author: Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander, Birgit Anette Olsen and Jens Elmegard Rasmussen Series: Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European
One of the most detailed and comprehensive studies of Indo-European phonology, this book brings together leading linguists working in Indo-European studies to examine both the broadest definitions of the group -- from minute phonetics to abstract levels of phonemics centring on all varieties of Indo-European -- and individual branches, with contributions on Celtic, Anatolian, Germanic, Indo-Iranian, Italic, Armenian, and even Euphratic.
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One of the most detailed and comprehensive studies of Indo-European phonology, this book brings together leading linguists working in Indo-European studies to examine both the broadest definitions of the group -- from minute phonetics to abstract levels of phonemics centring on all varieties of Indo-European -- and individual branches, with contributions on Celtic, Anatolian, Germanic, Indo-Iranian, Italic, Armenian, and even Euphratic.
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One of the most detailed and comprehensive studies of Indo-European phonology, The Sound of Indo-European brings together leading linguists working in Indo-European studies to examine both the broadest definitions of the group—from minute phonetics to abstract levels of phonemics centering on all varieties of Indo-European—and individual branches, with contributions on Celtic, Anatolian, Germanic, Indo-Iranian, Italic, Armenian, and even Euphratic.
About the Author
Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead is associate professor of Indo-European linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. Her research primarily deals with historical morphology, in particular nominal word formation and composition, focusing especially on Old Indic and Latin languages. Thomas Olander, PhD, DPhil, is an associate professor of Indo-European Studies, University of Copenhagen. He is the author of Proto-Slavic inflectional morphology: A comparative handbook (2015) and Balto-Slavic accentual mobility (2009). Birgit Anette Olsen is professor of Indo-European Linguistics at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, and previously leader of the five-year University of Copenhagen excellence programme Roots of Europe (20082013). She has published in particular about the Classical Armenian language and nominal word formation in Indo-European languages.
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