Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen

The comparative phonology of early Indo-European languages, synthesised by Karl Brugmann in the late-nineteenth century.

Karl Brugmann (Author)

9781108006491, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 January 2010

592 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.86 kg

Karl Brugmann (1849–1919) was professor of comparative language sciences at Freiburg im Breisgau when he began publishing his monumental, multi-volume comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages, synthesising the first 70 years of research in a rapidly developing academic subject, and identifying areas for future investigation. Volume 1, on phonology, begins with an introduction to Indo-European philology and provides a bibliographic orientation which is itself a fascinating snapshot of the field. The main part of the book focuses in turn on each Proto-Indo-European sound and its reflexes in the earliest attested languages of each language family (Sanskrit, Avestan, Armenian, Greek, Italic, Germanic, Old Irish, Balto-Slavic). Comparisons are also made within families, for example between Gothic and Old English. Brugmann also discusses Ablaut and sound changes including elision, contraction and lengthening as well as intonation and stress.

1. Einleitung
2. Phonetische Erläuterungen
3. Zur Aussprache der Buchstaben
Part I. Geschichte der Einzelnen Urindogermanischen Laute: 4. Die Vocale
5. Die Nasale
6. Die Liquidae
7. Ablaut (Vocalabstufung)
8. Die Verschlusslaute (Explosivae)
9. Die Reibelaute (Spiranten)
Part II. Sonstiger Combinatorischer Lautwandel: 10. Contraction (Hiatus, Elision)
11. Kürzung langer Vocale
12. Längung kurzer Vocale
13. Anaptyxis aus Consonanten
14. Vocalabsorption
15. Mouillierung und Labialisierung nebst Epenthese
16. Silbenverlust durch Dissinilation
17. Betonung.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]