Re: PIE pie piece 8))

At 19:29 28.11.1998 +0100, lucasso wrote:
>do you know any good webbed resources of PIE, evolution of IE, etc.
>
>--
>lucasso@friko6.onet.pl
>http://www.lucasso.topnet.pl
>(http://friko6.onet.pl/wa/lucasso)
Nah, apart from the cranks' version it's sadly scarce.

Try to get Beekes ['be:k@s] textbook instead. It was originally written in
Dutch but has been translated into English, and is definitely the best
intro around.  Ivanov & Gamkrelidze's monumental Russian work is neither an
intro nor uncontroversial, but at least it's comparatively (no pun
intended!) recent and has been translated intto English (as well as German
IIRC).  It may be very fruitful to look at works dealing with the
(pre)history of the subfamilies.  Anttila's general intro to historical
linguistics is also very strongly recommendable, no less valuable for its
forays into non-I.E. -- mainly Fenno-Ugric -- material.

/BP

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