The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World

This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the authors explore the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, and religion, and describe the quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.

This book on a subject of enduring interest and fascination is written in a clear, readable style and illustrated with maps, figures, and tables.


All chapters are well written and indeed the pleasingly readable style of the whole book must be applauded.

Autorentext
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 Journal of Indo-European Studies and was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 1996. D. Q. Adams is Professor of English at the University of Idaho. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (1972) from the University of Chicago (1972). His published work includes An Introduction to Tocharian Historical Morphology (1988), A Dictionary of Tocharian B (1999), and numerous articles on Indo-European and especially Tocharian topics. J. P. Mallory and D. Q. Adams are the co-editors of the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (1997).

Zusammenfassung
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, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Our distant ancestors had used the wheel, were settled arable farmers, kept sheep and cattle, brewed beer, got married, made weapons, and had 27 verbs for the expression of strife. The subjects to which the authors devote chapters include fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, religion, and the continuing quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland. Proto-Indo-European-English and English-Proto-Indo-European vocabularies and full indexes conclude the book. Written in a clear, readable style and illustrated with maps, figures, and tables, this book is on a subject of great and enduring fascination. It will appeal to students of languages, classics, and the ancient world, as well as to general readers interested in the history of language and of early human societies.

Inhalt
List of Maps
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction: How to Use This Book
1: Discovery
2: The Elements
3: Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European
4: The System
5: Relationships
6: A Place in Time
7: Reconstructing the Proto-Indo-Europeans
8: The Physical World
9: Indo-European Fauna
10: Indo-European Flora
11: Anatomy
12: Family and Kinship
13: Hearth and Home
14: Clothing and Textiles
15: Material Culture
16: Food and Drink
17: Society
18: Space and Time
19: Number and Quantity
20: Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception
21: Speech and Sound
22: Activities
23: Religion
24: Grammatical Categories
25: Comparative Mythology
26: Origins - The Never-ending Tale
Basic Sound Correspondences Between PIE and the Major IE Groups
A Proto-Indo-European-English Word-List
An English-Proto-Indo-European Word-List
References
Index of Languages
Index of Subjects and Places

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