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

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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

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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.