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and the Indo-Europeans
A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis
of a Proto-Language and a Proto-Culture
Part I
The Text
by
‘Thomas V. Gamkrelidze
\Vjateslav V. Ivanov
with a Preface by
Roman Jakobson tT
English version by
Johanna Nichols
Edited by
Wemer Winter
Mouton de Gruyter
Berlin New York 1995Authors? Preface
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Urge, by = growth of terest i problems of diachronic Kegs,
‘strated by the general evluton ef Unguse thought i recet decades,
(Orening the Sauuaranstininy of dicvony aod syncren,inguse
‘cece s moving ovard a eory wid greater explasory power ha purely
‘anon yacrnie panna oes
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linger because it males pounble to veea the uversal Hague c
{por tht character the dep suerte of language and let Stine
le ape of lesion betwen varus language systems Farther
Unguage 3 socalphonomenan aed spat of human cule and therefore
lon comecte to ofber spect of elle. Theefr, bth syeonially
{nd atrial language mst be stated togter wih eo aspects oF
‘ze tat ke op the object mater of modem earl vopaoey
‘hs tok presente eu fon jos eompurive research no he Indo-
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{nprsch in typological compasea to oer lngunge, in patealat the
{opepically ajacem ones wilh which Pew do European mast have
“he ist pt of te Bock presen the resis of Hague analysis —
Bonsogial, mphologia. acti and aal-Salecolgal — of Pot
‘yremstie survey ofthe various tranches of comparative Indo Brapean
‘Danmar. ss Svein th anda hbk. Rater, spar ia study
cy questions of Prot-do-areean sce, involving wie range of
‘cand yielding a nvely comple pce of nix guage dame
‘velopment ands pop! ks wo eer angus yee
"The seond prt gives a elaely fall ivesigaton ofthe Prot Indo.
‘urge econ serie y sera ropa well gmt of Ino-
sre clea an be rcenacted fem te lexin nt descr
the Cle hist ieks ofthe Ingo European exon to\a nant of
Iaegger of stiet Eurasi.Ths ts propeny dctonay of Prot-nto-