Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans : a Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text. Part II: Bibliography, Indexes
In the second part of the book, semantically organized presentation of material from the lexicon is combined with analyses of the use of forms and formulae in a broadly defined cultural context. Volume and II of the original Russian edition have been combined in the English version as Part I;
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Prefaces And Foreword
Detailed Contents
The Languages And Their Written Sources
Transliteration
Abbreviations And Sources
Introduction
The Linguistic System And The Premises Of Diachronic Linguistics
Part One The Structure Of Proto-Indo-European
Section One: The Phonological System And Morphophonology Of Proto-Indo-European
Chapter One
The Three Indo-European Stop Series: Paradigmatics And Syntagmatics
Chapter Two
The Indo-European Points Of Stop Articulation And The Indo-European Sibilants: Paradigmatics And Syntagmatics. Chapter Three
The Vowel System And The Theory Of Morphophonological Alternations. Sonants And Laryngeals In Indo-European
Chapter Four
The Structure Of The Indo-European Root
Section Two: The Grammatical Structure Of Proto-Indo-European
Chapter Five
Proto-Indo-European As A Language Of The Active Type
Chapter Six
The Grammatical Syntagmatics Of Proto-Indo-European In Typological Perspective
Section Three: The Areal Organization Of Proto-Indo-European
Chapter Seven
The Differentiation Of The Indo-European Linguistic Region. Part Two Semantic Dictionary Of The Proto-Indo-European Lan Guage And Reconstruction Of The Indo-European Proto- Culture
Introduction
Methods For Reconstructing The Semantic Dictionary Of A Protolanguage And The Linguistic Paleontology Of Culture
Section One: Semantic Dictionary Of Proto-Indo-European
Chapter One
The Living World: Gods, People, Animals
Chapter Two
Indo-European Conceptions Of Wild Animals, And Names For Them. Chapter Three
Indo-European Terms For Domestic Animals. The Economic Functions Of Animals And Their Ritual And Cultic Role Among The Early Indo-Europeans
Chapter Four
Indo-European Plant Names. Uses Of Plants
Their Ritual And Cultic Functions In Ancient Indo-European Culture
Chapter Five
Geographical Environment And Climate. The Indo-European Terms For Heavenly Bodies
Chapter Six
Economic Activity, Material Culture, Crafts, Transportation
Chapter Seven
The Social Organization, Economy, And Kinship System Of The Ancient Indo-Europeans. Chapter Eight
The Connection Of Ancient Social Organization With Intel Lectual Constructs And The Mythological View Of The World
Chapter Nine
Reconstruction Of Indo-European Rituals. Legal And Medical Conceptions. The Afterworld And Burial Rites
Chapter Ten
Reconstruction Of Indo-European Text Fragments. Fragments Of Poetic Speech
Indo-European Metrical Schemes. The Counting System And Number Symbolism
Section Two: The Chronology Of Proto-Indo-European. The Indo-European Homeland And Migration Routes To The Historical Ter Ritories Of The Indo-European Tribes. Chapter Eleven
Proto-Indo-European In Space And Time, Based On Linguistic And Culture-Historical Data