The Indo-European Syllable

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29254-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics

In The Indo-European Syllable Andrew Miles Byrd investigates the process of syllabification within Proto-Indo-European (PIE), revealing connections to a number of seemingly unrelated phonological processes in the proto-language.

Drawing from insights in linguistic typology and synchronic theory, he makes two significant advances in our understanding of PIE phonology. First, by analyzing securely reconstructable consonant clusters at word’s edge, he devises a methodology which allows us to predict which types of consonant clusters could occur word-medially in PIE. Thus, a number of previously disconnected phonological rules can now be understood as being part of a conspiracy motivated by violations in syllable structure. Second, he uncovers evidence of morphological influence within the syllable, created by processes such as quantitative ablaut. These advances allow us to view PIE as a synchronic grammar, one which can be described by -- and contribute to -- modern linguistic theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrd, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Miles Byrd, Ph.D. (2010), UCLA, is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky. Perhaps best known for his recordings of the Proto-Indo-European language for Archaeology Magazine, he has published a number of articles which employ insights from linguistic typology and phonological theory in the historical study of Indo-European languages.