Date: 24-Jul-2006 From: Jenny Breaker <jenny.breakeroup.com> Subject: The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and The Proto-Indo-European World: Mallory, Adams
Title: The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and The Proto-Indo-European World
Published: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
http://www.oup.com/us
Author: J. P. Mallory
Author: D. Q. Adams
Hardback: ISBN: 0199287910 Pages: 760 Price: U.K. £ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0199296685 Pages: 760 Price: U.K. £ 25.00
Abstract:
This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the authors explore the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, and religion, and describe the quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.
Linguistic Field(s):
Anthropological Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics