Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Textbook: 463 pages; Appendix: A Proto-Indo-European – English Word-list (67 pages, p. 466)

1 Discovery
1.1 Language relations
1.2 Indo-European

2 The Elements
2.1 The Indo-European languages
2.2 Celtic
2.3 Italic
2.4 Germanic
2.5 Baltic
2.6 Slavic
2.7 Albanian
2.8 Greek
2.9 Anatolian
2.10 Armenian
2.11 Indo-Aryan
2.12 Iranian
2.13 Tocharian
2.14 Minor languages

3 Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European
3.1 The Comparative Method
3.2 Schleicher’s Tale
3.3 Laryngeal Theory
3.4 Reconstruction and Reality

4 The System
4.0 The System
4.1 Phonology
4.2 The Noun
4.3 Adjectives
4.4 Pronouns
4.5 Numerals
4.6 Particles and Conjunctions
4.7 Prepositions
4.8 Verbs
4.9 Derivation

5 Relationships
5.0 Linguistic Relationship
5.1 Internal Relationships
5.2 External Relations
5.3 Genetic Models

6 A Place in Time
6.0 The Fourth Dimension
6.1 Time Depth
6.2 Relative Chronologies
6.3 Absolute Chronologies
6.4 The Dark Ages?

7 Reconstructing the Proto-Indo-Europeans
7.1 Approaches to the Past
7.2 How Many Cognates?
7.3 Reconstructed Meaning
7.4 Semantic Fields
7.5 Folk Taxonomies
7.6 Level of Reconstruction
7.7 Root Homonyms
7.8 How Long a Text?
7.9 Vocabulary—What’s Missing?

8 The Physical World
8.1 Earth
8.2 Fire
8.3 Water
8.4 Air
8.5 The Physical Landscape of the Proto-Indo-Europeans

9 Indo-European Fauna
9.1 Reconstructing Environments
9.2 Mammals
9.3 Birds
9.4 Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians
9.5 Insects, Shellfish, etc.
9.6 Indo-European Animals

10 Indo-European Flora
10.1 Trees
10.2 Wild Plants
10.3 Domesticated Plants
10.4 Agricultural Terms
10.5 Proto-Indo-European Flora

11 Anatomy
11.0 The Body
11.1 The Head
11.2 Hair
11.3 The Upper Body and Arms
11.4 The Lower Body and Legs
11.5 Internal Organs
11.6 Vital Functions
11.7 Health and Disease
11.8 The Lexicon of the Body

12 Family and Kinship
12.1 Family and Household
12.2 Marriage
12.3 Kinship

13 Hearth and Home
13.1 Dwelling
13.2 Construction
13.3 Proto-Indo-European Settlement

14 Clothing and Textiles
14.1 Textiles
14.2 Proto-Indo-European Textile Production

15 Material Culture
15.1 Containers
15.2 Metals
15.3 Tools
15.4 Weapons
15.5 Ornament
15.6 Transport
15.7 Roads
15.8 Proto-Indo-European Material Culture

16 Food and Drink
16.1 Eat and Drink
16.2 Preparation
16.3 Foods and Meals
16.4 Proto-Indo-European Diet

17 Proto-Indo-European Society
17.1 Social Organization
17.2 Give and Take
17.3 Exchange and Property
17.4 Law and Order
17.5 Strife and Warfare
17.6 Occupations
17.7 Proto-Indo-European Society

18 Space and Time
18.1 Space
18.2 Position
18.3 Direction
18.4 Placement (Verbs)
18.5 Shape
18.6 Time
18.7 Proto-Indo-European Space and Time

19 Number and Quantity
19.0 Numerical Systems
19.1 Basic Numerals
19.2 Measure and Quantity

20 Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception
20.1 Knowledge and Thought
20.2 Sight
20.3 Bright and Dark
20.4 Colours
20.5 Hearing, Smell, Touch and Taste
20.6 The Good, Bad and the Ugly
20.7 Desire
20.8 Love and Hate
20.9 Hot, Cold and other Qualities
20.10 Proto-Indo-European Perception

21 Speech and Sound
21.0 Speech and Sounds
21.1 Speech
21.2 Elevated Speech
21.3 Interjections and Human Sounds
21.4 Animal Sounds
21.5 Proto-Indo-European Speech

22 Activities
22.1 Existence, Ability and Attempt
22.2 Reductive Activities
22.3 Rotary and Lateral Activities
22.4 Bind, Stick and Smear
22.5 Bend and Press
22.6 Inflation
22.7 Extend
22.8 Throw
22.9 Clean
22.10 Movement
22.11 Pour and Flow
22.12 Come and Go
22.13 Run and Jump
22.14 Crawl, Slide and Fall
22.15 Travel
22.16 Swim
22.17 Convey

23 Religion
23.1 Deities
23.2 The Sacred

24 Grammatical Elements
24.0 Pronouns
24.1 Personal and Reflexive Pronouns
24.2 Demonstrative Pronouns
24.3 Interrogative Pronouns
24.4 Relative Pronouns
24.5 Conjunctions

25 Comparative Mythology
25.0 Reconstructing Mythologies
25.1 Approaches to Mythology
25.2 Deities
25.3 Creation
25.4 War of the Foundation
25.5 Hero and Serpent
25.6 Horse Sacrifice
25.7 King and Virgin
25.8 Fire in Water
25.9 Functional Patterns
25.10 Death and the Otherworld
25.11 Final Battle
25.12 Current Trends

26 Origins—The Never-Ending Story
26.1 The Homeland Problem
26.2 Homeland Approaches
26.3 What Does the Homeland Look Like?
26.4 Evaluating Homeland Theories
26.5 Processes of Expansion
26.6 Where Do They Put It Now?