The New Sound of Indo-European

Theo Vennemann, Theo Vennemann

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9783110857344
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Filología
• Subtopic: Lingüística

The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

Table of contents

• Preface
• List of Contributors
• I. Opening remarks
• Comments on reconstructions in historical linguistics
• Reconstruction and historical linguistics [Discussion of Koerner’s paper]
• II. Laryngeal Theory
• The nature of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals
• The Laryngeal Theory and the phonology of Prehistoric Greek
• Laryngeal metathesis: An Aryan peculiarity?
• Against a Proto-Indo-European phoneme *a
• Monophthongizations: More plausible than laryngeals!
• Discussions of papers on Laryngeal Theory
• On (the nature of) Proto-Indo-European laryngeals [Discussion of Bammesberger’s and Beekes’s papers]
• Remarks on R. S. P. Beekes, ‘The nature of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals’
• III. Glottalic Theory
• Historical Italic phonology in typological perspective
• Lachmann’s law
• Phonological and morphological consequences of the ‘Glottalic Theory’
• Language typology and Indo-European reconstruction
• Sound change typology and the ‘Ejective Model’
• Neue Forschungen zur germanischen Lautverschiebung – ein Fall von Paradigmenwechsel?
• Die Tenues Aspiratae: Dreiteilung oder Vierteilung des indogermanischen Plosivsystems und die Konsequenzen dieser Frage für die Chronologie einer Glottalreihe
• Towards a characterization of the Proto-Indo-European sound system
• The Indo-European obstruent features and phonotactic constraints
• Discussions of papers on Glottalic Theory
• Latin phonology and the ‘Glottalic Model’ [Discussion of Baldi – Johnston-Staver’s, Kortlandt’s, and Vennemann’s papers]
• Remarks on Baldi – Johnston-Staver, ‘Historical Italic phonology in typological perspective’
• Remarks on F. Kortlandt, ‘Lachmann’s law’
• Letter to Theo Vennemann
• Reply to Claude Boisson’s remarks
• Remarks on T. V. Gamkrelidze, ‘Language typology and Indo-European reconstruction’
• Indo-European consonant shifts – Algebra, arithmetic, or normal science? [Discussion of Job’s and Schrodt’s papers]
• Remarks on J. E. Rasmussen, ‘Die Tenues Aspiratae: Dreiteilung oder Vierteilung des indogermanischen Plosivsystems und die Konsequenzen dieser Frage für die Chronologie einer Glottalreihe’
• Erwiderung auf Paul J. Hoppers ‘Remarks’
• ‘Das Arlbergmodell’ – ein Diskussionsbeitrag
• Lettre aux participants de l’Atelier sur l’indo-européen du Congrès de Pavie
• IV. Concluding remarks
• Notes on the Workshop: Reconstructions of the Proto-Indo-European sound system and their consequences
• Index of forms
• Index of names