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- catalog abstract ""Like Carl Darling Buck's Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (1933), this book is an explanation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin morphology and lexicon through an account of their prehistory. It also aims to discuss the principal features of Indo-European linguistics. Greek and Latin are studied as a pair for cultural reasons only; as languages, they have little in common apart from their Indo-European heritage. Thus the only way to treat the historical bases for their development is to begin with Proto-Indo-European. The only way to make a reconstructed language like Proto-Indo-European intelligible and intellectually defensible is to present at least some of the basis for reconstructing its features and, in the process, to discuss reasoning and methodology of reconstruction (including a weighing of alternative reconstructions). The result is a compendious handbook of Indo-European phonology and morphology, and a vade mecum of Indo-European linguistics--the focus always remaining on Greek and Latin. The non-classical sources for historical discussion are mainly Vedic Sanskrit, Hittite, and Germanic, with occasional but crucial contributions from Old Irish, Avestan, Baltic, and Slavic"--P. [4] of cover.".
- catalog alternative "Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin".
- catalog contributor b5701416.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""Like Carl Darling Buck's Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (1933), this book is an explanation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin morphology and lexicon through an account of their prehistory. It also aims to discuss the principal features of Indo-European linguistics. Greek and Latin are studied as a pair for cultural reasons only; as languages, they have little in common apart from their Indo-European heritage. Thus the only way to treat the historical bases for their development is to begin with Proto-Indo-European. The only way to make a reconstructed language like Proto-Indo-European intelligible and intellectually defensible is to present at least some of the basis for reconstructing its features and, in the process, to discuss reasoning and methodology of reconstruction (including a weighing of alternative reconstructions). The result is a compendious handbook of Indo-European phonology and morphology, and a vade mecum of Indo-European linguistics--the focus always remaining on Greek and Latin. The non-classical sources for historical discussion are mainly Vedic Sanskrit, Hittite, and Germanic, with occasional but crucial contributions from Old Irish, Avestan, Baltic, and Slavic"--P. [4] of cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Introduction --The Indo-European family of languages 1-11 -- Greek 12-5. Latin and the italic languages 16-21 -- The Greek and Latin signaries 22-7 -- Notes on citation and transcription 28-35 -- pt. II. Phonology -- Vowels and diphthongs 36-129 -- Short vowels in initial syllables 36-48 -- Long vowels and vowel + laryngeal 49-56. Diphthongs (initial syllables) 57-64 -- Vowels in medial and final syllables in Latin 65-75 -- Phonetics of long and short vowels 76-8 -- Lengthening and shortening of vowels in Greek 79 -- Syncope in Greek 80 -- Lengthening of vowels in Latin 81 -- Shortening of vowels in Latin 82-5 -- Contraction of vowels in Greek 86-7 -- Contraction of vowels in Latin 88 -- Prothetic vowels in Greek 89-90 -- Vowel assimilation in Greek 91 -- Anaptyxis in Latin 92 -- Syllabic consonants 93-109 -- Vowel gradation -- ablaut 110-29 -- Disyllabic roots 121-3 -- Reduced grades 124 -- Conditions and causes of PIE ablaut 125 -- Lengthened grades 126 -- Distribution of PIE ablaut grades 127-9 -- Consonants 130-241.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 686 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "New comparative grammar of Greek and Latin.".
- catalog identifier "0195083458 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780195083453 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "New comparative grammar of Greek and Latin.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "English, Greek, and Latin.".
- catalog language "eng grc lat".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "New comparative grammar of Greek and Latin.".
- catalog subject "485 20".
- catalog subject "Greek language Grammar, Comparative Latin.".
- catalog subject "Latin language Grammar, Comparative Greek.".
- catalog subject "PA111 .S54 1994".
- catalog subject "PA111 .S54 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Introduction --The Indo-European family of languages 1-11 -- Greek 12-5. Latin and the italic languages 16-21 -- The Greek and Latin signaries 22-7 -- Notes on citation and transcription 28-35 -- pt. II. Phonology -- Vowels and diphthongs 36-129 -- Short vowels in initial syllables 36-48 -- Long vowels and vowel + laryngeal 49-56. Diphthongs (initial syllables) 57-64 -- Vowels in medial and final syllables in Latin 65-75 -- Phonetics of long and short vowels 76-8 -- Lengthening and shortening of vowels in Greek 79 -- Syncope in Greek 80 -- Lengthening of vowels in Latin 81 -- Shortening of vowels in Latin 82-5 -- Contraction of vowels in Greek 86-7 -- Contraction of vowels in Latin 88 -- Prothetic vowels in Greek 89-90 -- Vowel assimilation in Greek 91 -- Anaptyxis in Latin 92 -- Syllabic consonants 93-109 -- Vowel gradation -- ablaut 110-29 -- Disyllabic roots 121-3 -- Reduced grades 124 -- Conditions and causes of PIE ablaut 125 -- Lengthened grades 126 -- Distribution of PIE ablaut grades 127-9 -- Consonants 130-241.".
- catalog title "Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin".
- catalog title "New comparative grammar of Greek and Latin / Andrew L. Sihler.".
- catalog type "text".