Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction

This revised and expanded edition provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. Now offering even greater coverage than the first edition, it is the definitive introduction to the field. Updated, corrected, and expanded edition, containing new illustrations of selected texts and inscriptions, and text samples with translations and etymological commentaryExtensively covers individual histories of both ancient and modern languages of the Indo-European familyProvides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and languageDesigned for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapterIncludes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and comprehensive word and subject indexes