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9780199287918

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

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  • Copyright: 2006-11-09
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

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.

Author Biography


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).

Table of Contents

List of Maps
xii
List of Figures
xiii
List of Tables
xiv
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
xix
Introduction xxii
Discovery
1(11)
Language relations
1(5)
Indo-European
6(6)
The Elements
12(27)
The Indo-European languages
12(3)
Celtic
15(3)
Italic
18(1)
Germanic
19(4)
Baltic
23(2)
Slavic
25(1)
Albanian
26(1)
Greek
27(1)
Anatolian
28(3)
Armenian
31(1)
Indo-Aryan
32(1)
Iranian
33(2)
Tocharian
35(1)
Minor languages
36(3)
Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European
39(15)
The Comparative Method
39(6)
Schleicher's Tale
45(3)
Laryngeal Theory
48(2)
Reconstruction and Reality
50(4)
The System
54(17)
The System
54(1)
Phonology
54(2)
The Noun
56(3)
Adjectives
59(1)
Pronouns
59(2)
Numerals
61(1)
Particles and Conjunctions
62(1)
Prepositions
62(1)
Verbs
62(3)
Derivation
65(6)
Relationships
71(15)
Linguistic Relationship
71(1)
Internal Relationships
71(10)
External Relations
81(2)
Genetic Models
83(3)
A Place in Time
86(20)
The Fourth Dimension
86(1)
Time Depth
86(2)
Relative Chronologies
88(4)
Absolute Chronologies
92(11)
The Dark Ages?
103(3)
Reconstructing the Proto-Indo-Europeans
106(14)
Approaches to the Past
106(1)
How Many Cognates?
107(3)
Reconstructed Meaning
110(2)
Semantic Fields
112(1)
Folk Taxonomies
113(2)
Level of Reconstruction
115(1)
Root Homonyms
115(1)
How Long a Text?
116(1)
Vocabulary---What's Missing?
117(3)
The Physical World
120(12)
Earth
120(2)
Fire
122(3)
Water
125(3)
Air
128(2)
The Physical Landscape of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
130(2)
Indo-European Fauna
132(24)
Reconstructing Environments
132(2)
Mammals
134(9)
Birds
143(3)
Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians
146(2)
Insects, Shellfish, etc.
148(3)
Indo-European Animals
151(5)
Indo-European Flora
156(17)
Trees
156(5)
Wild Plants
161(2)
Domesticated Plants
163(4)
Agricultural Terms
167(2)
Proto-Indo-European Flora
169(4)
Anatomy
173(30)
The Body
173(1)
The Head
173(3)
Hair
176(2)
The Upper Body and Arms
178(4)
The Lower Body and Legs
182(3)
Internal Organs
185(3)
Vital Functions
188(4)
Health and Disease
192(7)
The Lexicon of the Body
199(4)
Family and Kinship
203(16)
Family and Household
203(3)
Marriage
206(3)
Kinship
209(10)
Hearth and Home
219(11)
Dwelling
219(4)
Construction
223(4)
Proto-Indo-European Settlement
227(3)
Clothing and Textiles
230(9)
Textiles
230(6)
Proto-Indo-European Textile Production
236(3)
Material Culture
239(15)
Containers
239(2)
Metals
241(1)
Tools
242(2)
Weapons
244(2)
Ornament
246(1)
Transport
247(3)
Roads
250(1)
Proto-Indo-European Material Culture
251(3)
Food and Drink
254(12)
Eat and Drink
254(4)
Preparation
258(2)
Foods and Meals
260(4)
Proto-Indo-European Diet
264(2)
Proto-Indo-European Society
266(21)
Social Organization
266(4)
Give and Take
270(2)
Exchange and Property
272(4)
Law and Order
276(1)
Strife and Warfare
277(6)
Occupations
283(1)
Proto-Indo-European Society
284(3)
Space and Time
287(20)
Space
287(1)
Position
288(5)
Direction
293(2)
Placement (Verbs)
295(2)
Shape
297(3)
Time
300(3)
Proto-Indo-European Space and Time
303(4)
Number and Quantity
307(14)
Numerical Systems
307(1)
Basic Numerals
308(9)
Measure and Quantity
317(4)
Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception
321(31)
Knowledge and Thought
321(4)
Sight
325(3)
Bright and Dark
328(3)
Colours
331(3)
Hearing, Smell, Touch and Taste
334(2)
The Good, Bad and the Ugly
336(4)
Desire
340(2)
Love and Hate
342(2)
Hot, Cold and other Qualities
344(4)
Proto-Indo-European Perception
348(4)
Speech and Sound
352(16)
Speech and Sounds
352(1)
Speech
352(3)
Elevated Speech
355(4)
Interjections and Human Sounds
359(4)
Animal Sounds
363(2)
Proto-Indo-European Speech
365(3)
Activities
368(40)
Existence, Ability and Attempt
368(3)
Reductive Activities
371(6)
Rotary and Lateral Activities
377(3)
Bind, Stick and Smear
380(2)
Bend and Press
382(3)
Inflation
385(2)
Extend
387(1)
Throw
388(1)
Clean
389(1)
Movement
390(3)
Pour and Flow
393(1)
Come and Go
394(3)
Run and Jump
397(3)
Crawl, Slide and Fall
400(1)
Travel
401(2)
Swim
403(1)
Convey
404(4)
Religion
408(7)
Deities
408(3)
The Sacred
411(4)
Grammatical Elements
415(8)
Pronouns
415(1)
Personal and Reflexive Pronouns
415(2)
Demonstrative Pronouns
417(2)
Interrogative Pronouns
419(2)
Relative Pronouns
421(1)
Conjunctions
421(2)
Comparative Mythology
423(19)
Reconstructing Mythologies
423(4)
Approaches to Mythology
427(4)
Deities
431(4)
Creation
435(1)
War of the Foundation
436(1)
Hero and Serpent
436(1)
Horse Sacrifice
437(1)
King and Virgin
437(1)
Fire in Water
438(1)
Functional Patterns
438(1)
Death and the Otherworld
439(1)
Final Battle
439(1)
Current Trends
440(2)
Origins---The Never-Ending Story
442(123)
The Homeland Problem
442(2)
Homeland Approaches
444(9)
What Does the Homeland Look Like?
453(1)
Evaluating Homeland Theories
454(4)
Processes of Expansion
458(2)
Where Do They Put It Now?
460(4)
Appendices
Appendix 1 Basic Sound Correspondences between PIE and the Major IE Groups
464(2)
Appendix 2 A Proto-Indo-European--English Word-list
466(57)
Appendix 3 An English--Proto-Indo-European Word-list
523(42)
References 565(26)
Index of Languages 591(28)
Index of Subjects and Places 619

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