The Speakers of Indo-European and Their World

408 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is devoted to the history and cultures of the speakers of Indo-European languages. Research on the origins and dispersal of Proto-Indo-European and of the various branches of Indo-European has long relied on linguistic reconstruction and archaeological evidence. The recent advances in archaeogenetics have made it possible to confirm, challenge, and refine earlier hypotheses. The 26 contributions collected in this volume were presented at the 17th Fachtagung  der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft that was held in Basel, 9–12 September, 2024. While their main focus lies on the older Indo-European languages and their texts, including (but not restricted to) Hittite, Tocharian, Sanskrit, Avestan, Sogdian, Bactrian, Khwarezmian, Latin, Greek, Armenian, Umbrian, Messapic, Old Irish, Old Church Slavonic, Lithuanian, Gothic, and Old Norse, many contributions take an interdisciplinary perspective by combining linguistic, archaeological, and genetic data to investigate population history, language contact, cultural practices, lexical semantics, grammar, and etymology. Together, they demonstrate the importance of integrating evidence from different disciplines in order to advance our understanding of Indo-European prehistory and its broader Eurasian context. This book is primarily directed at historical linguists, archaeologists, historians, and archaeogeneticians dealing with the history of the Indo-European languages, their texts and their speakers.

• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Vergleichende Linguistik
• ISBN: 9783752009262
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.08.2026
• Größe: 24 x 17 cm
• Verlag: Reichert, L
• Herausgegeben von: Sergio Neri, Michiel de Vaan