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This book accounts for the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin by tracing their (mostly) prehistoric evolution from their common ancestor, Proto-Indo-European. The features of Proto-Indo-European itself are explained and justified on the basis of comparative and historical linguistics. Evidence from a variety of languages is presented (Vedic Sanskrit, Hittite, Gothic, etc.) but the focus is on Greek and Latin, which are the two languages the book accounts for systematically.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195083458

ISBN-139780195083453

eBay Product ID (ePID)72239

Product Key Features

Number of Pages720 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameNew Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin

Publication Year1995

SubjectLatin, Ancient & Classical, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), Linguistics / General

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorAndrew L. Sihler

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight38.6 Oz

Item Length6.4 in

Item Width9.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN93-038929

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"...the [New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin] ...applies wide learning and prodigious labor toward filling many of the serious gaps that the present century had opened, or widened, in Buck's essentially nineteenth-century work."--lassical Views, "...classicists, but especially linguists and Indo-Europeanists, will be grateful to Sihler for undertaking and completing successfully the enormous task of providing them with a modern comparative grammar of Greek and Latin."--Classical World"...a clear exhaustive presentation of the facts....We have to be thankful to the author for offering us a reliable guide for further study in the historical linguistics of the classical languages."--The Journal of Indo-European Studies"Teachers of Greek and Latin grammar will do well to consult this work..."--Religious Studies Review"...the author's erudition is evident on every page, and the discussion includes many persuasive insights into the countless phenomena it ranges over....a book which no Indo-Europeanist can afford to ignore..."--The Classical Journal"...the [New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin] ...applies wide learning and prodigious labor toward filling many of the serious gaps that the present century had opened, or widened, in Buck's essentially nineteenth-century work."--lassical Views, "...the author's erudition is evident on every page, and the discussion includes many persuasive insights into the countless phenomena it ranges over....a book which no Indo-Europeanist can afford to ignore..."--The Classical Journal, "...classicists, but especially linguists and Indo-Europeanists, will begrateful to Sihler for undertaking and completing successfully the enormous taskof providing them with a modern comparative grammar of Greek andLatin."--Classical World, "...classicists, but especially linguists and Indo-Europeanists, will be grateful to Sihler for undertaking and completing successfully the enormous task of providing them with a modern comparative grammar of Greek and Latin."--Classical World, "...a clear exhaustive presentation of the facts....We have to be thankful to the author for offering us a reliable guide for further study in the historical linguistics of the classical languages."--The Journal of Indo-European Studies, "...a clear exhaustive presentation of the facts....We have to be thankfulto the author for offering us a reliable guide for futher study in thehistorical linguistics of the classical languages."--The Journal ofIndo-European Studies, "Teachers of Greek and Latin Grammar Will Do Well to Consult this Work..."--Religious Studies Review, "...classicists, but especially linguists and Indo-Europeanists, will be grateful to Sihler for undertaking and completing successfully the enormous task of providing them with a modern comparative grammar of Greek and Latin."--Classical World "...a clear exhaustive presentation of the facts....We have to be thankful to the author for offering us a reliable guide for further study in the historical linguistics of the classical languages."--The Journal of Indo-European Studies "Teachers of Greek and Latin grammar will do well to consult this work..."--Religious Studies Review "...the author's erudition is evident on every page, and the discussion includes many persuasive insights into the countless phenomena it ranges over....a book which no Indo-Europeanist can afford to ignore..."--The Classical Journal "...the [New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin] ...applies wide learning and prodigious labor toward filling many of the serious gaps that the present century had opened, or widened, in Buck's essentially nineteenth-century work."--lassical Views, "...classicists, but especially linguists and Indo-Europeanists, will be grateful to Sihler for undertaking and completing successfully the enormous task of providing them with a modern comparative grammar of Greek and Latin."--Classical World"...a clear exhaustive presentation of the facts....We have to be thankful to the author for offering us a reliable guide for further study in the historical linguistics of the classical languages."--The Journal of Indo-European Studies"Teachers of Greek and Latin grammar will do well to consult this work..."--Religious Studies Review"...the author's erudition is evident on every page, and the discussion includes many persuasive insights into the countless phenomena it ranges over....a book which no Indo-Europeanist can afford to ignore..."--The Classical Journal"...the [New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin] ...applies wide learning and prodigious labor toward filling many of the serious gaps that the present century had opened, or widened, in Buck's essentially nineteenth-century work."--lassical Views"...classicists, but especially linguists and Indo-Europeanists, will be grateful to Sihler for undertaking and completing successfully the enormous task of providing them with a modern comparative grammar of Greek and Latin."--Classical World"...a clear exhaustive presentation of the facts....We have to be thankful to the author for offering us a reliable guide for further study in the historical linguistics of the classical languages."--The Journal of Indo-European Studies"Teachers of Greek and Latin grammar will do well to consult this work..."--Religious Studies Review"...the author's erudition is evident on every page, and the discussion includes many persuasive insights into the countless phenomena it ranges over....a book which no Indo-Europeanist can afford to ignore..."--The Classical Journal"...the [New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin] ...applies wide learning and prodigious labor toward filling many of the serious gaps that the present century had opened, or widened, in Buck's essentially nineteenth-century work."--lassical Views

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal485

Lc Classification NumberPa111.S54 1995