| A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European, Sanskrit, Greek and Latin Languages 2 Volume Set Contributor(s): Schleicher, August (Author), Bendall, Herbert (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1108073727 ISBN-13: 9781108073721 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 415 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.59" W x 8.78" (0.88 lbs) 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: August Schleicher (1821-68) is often credited with being the first scholar to apply a 'family tree' model to language groups. He had published extensively on individual European languages before his groundbreaking comparative Indo-European Compendium (also reissued in this series) appeared in German in 1861-2. The book was derived from his lectures, and was intended to save his students note-taking and copying from the blackboard. Each section begins with his reconstruction of a Proto-Indo-European phonological or morphological feature, and then shows how this is reflected in a range of daughter languages. This abridged English translation, based on the German third edition, appeared in 1874-7. Produced for students of Greek and Latin philology, it focuses on the phonology and morphology of 'the original Indo-European language', Sanskrit, Greek and Latin, omitting Schleicher's extensive discussion of other languages and the comparative paradigms provided in the German edition. |