INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTICS
G-LSUD 347: INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTICS
Course Syllabus:
The course is a general introduction to the comparative study of the Indo-European languages, involving a historical overview of the field of comparative linguistics, the methodology employed, and the systematic examination of the phonological and morphological system of Indo-European, as well as related issues such as the Proto-Indo-European homeland, elements of cultural and social organization, etc.
Suggested textbooks:
1) G.K. Giannakis, Οι Ινδοευρωπαίοι. Μέρος Α: Γλώσσα και πολιτισμός [The Indo-Europeans. Part I: Language and Culture] (Athens 2005): chapters 1,2,3,4,6,7.2,13
2) R.S.P. Beekes, Εισαγωγή στη συγκριτική ινδοευρωπαϊκή γλωσσολογία [Comparative Indo-European Linguistics] (Thessaloniki 2004): chapters 1,2,3,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18
Grading: 1) Final written examination, 2) Term paper (optional)
RELATED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Baldi, An introduction to the IE languages
Clackson, Indo-European linguistics
Fortson, Indo-European language and culture
Lehmann, Theoretical foundations of IE linguistics
____. Pre-Indo-European
____ (επιμ.), A reader in nineteenth century historical Indo-European linguistics
Mallory, Oι Iνδοευρωπαίοι
Meier-Brügger, Indo-European linguistics (also German edition)
Meillet, Introduction à l'étude comparative des langues indo-européennes
------ & Vendryes, Traité de grammaire comparée des langues classicques
Schmitt-Brandt, Einfuehrung in die Indogermanistik
Sihler, Συγκριτική γραμματική της αρχαίας ελληνικής και της λατινικής
Συμεωνίδης, Iστορικοσυγκριτική γραμματική των ινδοευρωπαϊκών γλωσσών
Szemerényi, Introduction to IE linguistics (also German edition)
Tichy, A survey of PIE (also German edition)
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. General works
Brugmann & Delbrück, Grundriss der vergleichende Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen
------. Kurze vergleichende Grammatik der indogermanichen Sprachen
Gamkrelidze & Ivanov, Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans
Ramat & Ramat, The Indo-European languages
Buck, Comparative Grammar of Greek & Latin
Cowgill-Mayrhofer, Indogermanische Grammatik
Kurylowicz, The inflectional categories of IE
Hirt, Indogermanische Grammatik
Martinet, Des steppes aux océans
Haudry, L' indo-européen
------. Les indo-européens
Pedersen, The Discovery of Language
Katicic, Ancient Languages of the Balkans
Buck, A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the principal IE languages
Pokorny, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
Mann, An IE Comparative Dictionary
Rix, Lexikon der Indogermanischen Verben (LIV)
Benveniste, Indo-European Language and Society
Sergent, Les indo-européennes
Mallory & Adams, Encyclopedia of IE Culture
___. The Oxford introduction to PIE and the PIE world
Anthony, The horse, the wheel, and language
Schrader & Nehring, Reallexikon der indogermanischen Altertumskunde
Schmitt, Dichtung und Dichtersprache in indogermanischer Zeit
Meid (επ.), Sprache und Kultur der Indogermanen
Puhvel, Comparative Mythology
West, IE poetry and myth (ετοιμάζεται ελληνική έκδοση από τις εκδόσεις του Ιδρύματος Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών [Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη])
Cardona-Hoenigswald-Senn, Indo-European and Indo-Europeans
Gimbutas, The Beginning of the Bronze Age in Europe and the Indo- Europeans: 3500-2500 BC, in Journal of Indo-European Studies 1[1973],163-214
------.Wave #1, in JIES 5[1977]; Wave #3, in JIES 8[1980]
------. Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe
2. Works on Historical Linguistics
Anttila, Historical and comparative linguistics
Coseriu, Synchronie, Diachronie und Geschichte
Γιαννάκης, Ιστορική γλωσσολογία και φιλολογία
Hale, Historical linguistics
Hoenigswald, Language change and linguistic reconstruction
Hock, Principles of historical linguistics
Hock & Joseph, Language history, language change, and language relationship
Joseph & Janda, The handbook of historical linguistics
Lass, Historical linguistics and language change
Lehmann, Historical linguistics
McMahon, Ιστορική Γλωσσολογία. Η θεωρία της γλωσσικής μεταβολής
Meillet, The comparative method in historical linguistics
Robins, Σύντομη ιστορία της γλωσσολογίας
3. Language-specific Bibliography
Sanskrit:
Macdonell, Vedic Grammar
Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar
Wackernagel, Altindische Grammatik
Thumb & Hauschild, Handbuch des Sanskrit
Mayrhofer, Kurzegefasstes Etym. Wört. des Altindischen
------. Etym. Wört. des Altindoarischen
M.M. Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Burrow, The Sanskrit Language
Iranian:
Kent, Old Persian Grammar
Jackson, An Avesta Grammar
Reichelt, Awestisches Elementarbuch
Brandenstein & Mayrhofer, Handbuch des Altpersischen
Bartholomae, Handbuch d. altiranisch. Dialekete
------- Altiranisches Wörterbuch
Hoffmann & Forssman, Awestische Laut- und Flexionslehre
Greek:
Giannakis, G.K. et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (3 vols.) Leiden-Boston: Brill 2014 (also online edition).
Sihler, Συγκριτική γραμματική της αρχαίας ελληνικής και της λατινικής
Smyth, Greek Grammar
Rix, Historische Grammatik des Griechischen
Schwyzer, Griechische Grammatik
Palmer, The Greek Language
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon
Frisk, Griechisches Etym. Wörterbuch
Chantraine, Dictionnaire Etymologique de la Langue Greque
Buck, The Greek Dialects
Meier-Brügger, Griechische Sprachwissenschaft
Meillet, Aperçue d’une histoire de la langue grecque
Hoffmann, Debrunner, Scherer, Iστορία της ελληνικής γλώσσας
Xριστίδης (επ.), Iστορία της ελληνικής γλώσσας
Σταματάκος, Iστορική γραμματική της AE
Horrocks, Ελληνικά: ιστορία της γλώσσας και των ομιλητών της
Hittite:
Friedrich, Hethitisches Elementarbuch
Sturtevant, A Comparative Grammar of the Hittite Language
Puhvel, Hittite Etymological Dictionary
Kronasser, Etymologie der Hethitischen Sprache
The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of Chicago
Carruba, Per una Grammatica ittita/Hittite Grammar
Hoffner & Melchert, A Grammar of the Hittite language (2 vols.)
Melchert, Anatolian Hist. Phonology
Latin:
Sihler, Συγκριτική γραμματική της αρχαίας ελληνικής και της λατινικής
Palmer, The Latin Language
Leumann-Hofmann-Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik
Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
Buck, An Oscan-Umbrian Grammar
Baldi, The foundations of Latin
Clackson & Horrocks, The Blackwell history of the Latin language
Meiser, Historische Laut- und Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache
Weiss, Historical and comparative grammar of Latin
Germanic:
Prokosch, A Comparative Germanic Grammar
Wright, A Grammar of the Gothic Language
Cambell, Old English Grammar
Gordon, Introduction to Old Norse
Feist, Vergl. Wörterbuch der Gotischen Sprache
Lehmann, A Gothic Etymological Dictionary
Meillet, General characteristics of the Germanic languages
Voyles, Early Germanic Grammar
Slavic:
Lunt, Old Church Slavonic Grammar
Leskien, Handbuch der Altbulgarischen Sprache
Vaillant, Manuel du vieux Slav
-------- Grammaire comparée des langues slaves
Shevelov, A Prehistory of Slavic
Comrie & Corbett (επιμ.), The Slavonic Languages
Baltic:
Stang, Vergl. Grammatik der Baltischen Sprachen
Senn, Handbuch der Litauischen Sprache
Schmalstieg, An Old Prussian Grammar
Celtic:
Thurneysen, Old Irish Grammar
Jones, A Welsh Grammar
Evans, A Grammar of Middle Welsh
Lewis-Pedersen, A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar
Dictionary of the Irish Language
Armenian:
Mann, An Armenian Historical Grammar
Meillet, Esquisse d'une Grammaire de l'Arménien classique
Schmitt, Grammatik des klassisch-Armenisch
Hübschmann, Armenische Grammatik
Tocharian:
Sieg-Siegling, Tocharische Grammatik
Krause-Thomas, Tocharisches Elementarbuch
Van Windekens, Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indo- européennes
Albanian:
Meyer, Kurzegefasste albanesische Grammatik
Mann, An Albanian historical Grammar
Demiraj, Historische Grammatik der albanischen Sprachen
Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary
Huld, Albanian Etymologies
3. Journals
The Journal of Indo-European Studies (= JIES)
Indogermanisce Forschungen (= IF)
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (= KZ· since vol. 100 under the title Historische Sprachforschung = HS)
Études indo-européennes
Die Sprache
Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris (= BSL)
Glotta
Kratylos
Language
Diachronica
Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft (= MSS)
Indo-European Bulletin
Linguistique Balkanique
Journal of Historical Linguistics
Studies in the Greek Language
Γλωσσολογία/Glossologia
4. “Electronic Banks”: TITUS and University of Texas (Austin). For more information, see Indogermanische Gesellschaft (http://www.uni-halle.de/indogerm).
Rank | Name | Tel. | Office | Office Hours | |
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Prof... | Giannakis Georgios | ggianak@lit.auth.gr | 2310 997104 | 305 old building | Monday 10-11, Wednesday 10-11 |