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.
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Karl Brugmann Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: Volume 1 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 860g ISBN:9781108006491 ISBN 10: 1108006493 Series:Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics Pages: 592 Publication Date:14 January 2010 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.