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Title: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture by J. P. Mallory, D. Q. Adams ISBN: 1-884964-98-2 Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $160.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Bogus ?
Comment: In view of one of the reviews below, I thought necessary to add a short commentary about IE studies, and thus about this book. The existence of "one" Proto-Indo-European may not have BEEN as such: rather than one unique language, Proto-IE was certainly a tight compound of very very close dialects. But the genetic relation existing between Celtic, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, etc languages, and which we call "Indo-European" is proved and is a scientific certainty, although there is many points that are not well-clarified yet.
Thus, after the publication of Mallory and Adams' book (and many others), maybe one should wait, indeed, for the publication of a SERIOUS and scholarly book proving the non-existence of a Proto-IE language or compound of dialects.
For now, I am still waiting for a relevant and convincing bibliography.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting and useful for scholars and interested readers
Comment: A very good summary of Indo-European vocabulary and culture. One could argue about a few points here and there, including the high cost, but generally enjoyable and useful. I would also add that Indo-European studies are well-established.
Rating: 5
Summary: Mallory does his usual fine job
Comment: J.P. Mallory's "In Search of the Indo-Europeans" is the best one-volume survey of the origins and dispersal of the Indo-European languages.
The "Encyclopedia" is more technical, but gives a highly detailed view of the interrelationships of the IE languages and what we can deduce concerning the speakers of the original ur-sprach.
NB: in view of the review above, and out of consideration to uniformed readers, one should point out that Indo-European linguistics is a well-established field throughout the world scholarly community.
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Title: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Calvert Watkins ISBN: 0618082506 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 14 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Circassians: A Handbook (Peoples of the Caucasus) by Amjad M. Jaimoukha ISBN: 0312239947 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Rise of Civilization in East Asia by Gina Lee Barnes, Gina L. Barnes ISBN: 0500279748 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Language Universals and Linguistic Typology: Syntax and Morphology by Bernard Comrie ISBN: 0226114333 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: August, 1989 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth by J. P. Mallory ISBN: 0500276161 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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