Benjamin W. Fortson 
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 commentary

* Extensively covers individual histories of both ancient and
modern languages of the Indo-European family

* Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society,
and language

* Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for
further reading included in each chapter

* Includes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and comprehensive
word and subject indexes

قائمة المحتويات

Table of Contents.

1 Introduction: The Comparative Method and the Indo-European Family.

2 Proto-Indo-European Culture and Archaeology.

3 Proto-Indo-European Phonology.

4 Proto-Indo-European Morphology: Introduction.

5 The Verb.

6 The Noun.

7 Pronouns and Other Parts of Speech.

8 Proto-Indo-European Syntax.

9 Anatolian.

10 Indo-Iranian I: Indic.

11 Indo-Iranian II: Iranian.

12 Greek.

13 Italic.

14 Celtic.

15 Germanic.

16 Armenian.

17 Tocharian.

18 Balto-Slavic.

19 Albanian.

20 Fragmentary Languages

عن المؤلف

Benjamin W. Fortson IV is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin Language, Literature, and Historical Linguistics in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan.