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The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and The Proto-Indo-European World
J. P. Mallory
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Paperback. Introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history, this work explores the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Num Pages: 760 pages, Numerous tables. BIC Classification: CF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1298.
This book introduces Proto-Indo-European and explores what the language reveals about the people who spoke it. The Proto-Indo-Europeans lived somewhere in Europe or Asia between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago, and no text of their language survives. J. P. Mallory and Douglas Adams show how over the last two centuries scholars have reconstructed it from its descendant languages, the surviving examples of which comprise the world's largest language family. After a concise account of Proto-Indo-European grammar and a consideration of its discovery, they use the reconstructed language and related evidence from archaeology and natural history to examine the lives, thoughts, ... Read more
This book introduces Proto-Indo-European and explores what the language reveals about the people who spoke it. The Proto-Indo-Europeans lived somewhere in Europe or Asia between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago, and no text of their language survives. J. P. Mallory and Douglas Adams show how over the last two centuries scholars have reconstructed it from its descendant languages, the surviving examples of which comprise the world's largest language family. After a concise account of Proto-Indo-European grammar and a consideration of its discovery, they use the reconstructed language and related evidence from archaeology and natural history to examine the lives, thoughts, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
760
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
760
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199296682
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V9780199296682
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About J. P. Mallory
J. P. Mallory is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Queen's University of Belfast. He holds a PhD in Indo-European Studies (1975) from the University of California. His books include In Search of the Indo-Europeans (1989) and, with Victor Mair, The Tarim Mummies: The Mystery of the First Westerners in Ancient China (2000). He is currently the editor of the ... Read more
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All chapters are well written and indeed the pleasingly readable style of the whole book must be applauded.
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