Greek and Latin from an Indo-European perspective - Coulter H. George

This volume presents new work exploring how the study of
historical linguistics can advance our understanding of Greek and
Latin and, conversely, how the classical languages can help us to
reconstruct Proto-Indo-European and the culture of its speakers.
Classical and Indo-European linguistics have been particularly
exciting areas of research in recent years, and this book is
intended to provide insight into some of the main areas of
current debate. It stems from an international conference held in
Cambridge in 2005 and includes contributions from keynote
speakers Andreas Willi and Joshua Katz. The book covers a wide
range of topics: phonology (the accentuation of Greek
monosyllables, the development of laryngeals in Greek, and
typological discussion of the glottalic theory); morphology (the
prehistory of the past-tense augment, the iteratives and
causatives of the Latin second conjugation, the origin of the
Latin prefix
co(m)- , Indo-European root nouns and s-stem neuters, Greek and Latin reflexive pronouns, the Greek
comparative suffix); the etymologies of
etymos , Achilles,
adulare , and a Macedonian gloss; the significance of the Greek particle tar; and comparisons of Sanskrit matrimonial names
and poetic terminology with their Greek counterparts.
Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective
demonstrates the continuing relevance of linguistics for the study of ancient
languages and literature, and will be of interest to classicists,
Indo-European linguists, and historical linguists generally.