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Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society
Emile Benveniste
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Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: CBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 48. Weight in Grams: 870.
Since its publication in 1969, emile Benveniste's Vocabulaire here in a new translation as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike. This book has famously inspired a ... Read more
Since its publication in 1969, emile Benveniste's Vocabulaire here in a new translation as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike. This book has famously inspired a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
870g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
IL, United States
ISBN
9780986132599
SKU
V9780986132599
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About Emile Benveniste
emile Benveniste (1902 1976) was a French linguist and semiotician and professor of linguistics at the Coll ge de France until 1969. He is the author of many works on Indo-European languages, including Problems in General Linguistics. Along with Claude Levi-Strauss and Pierre Gourou, Benveniste was also cofounder of the anthropological journal L'Homme.
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