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"Superb ... [Fortson's] short general discussions of the histories and ecologies of the individual languages are the best I have ever read." (Recensiones - Salesianum, 2008)
"I would like to conclude by stressing that this is an excellent textbook. I have taught from it, and the students in my class not only learned a great deal from it, they also seemed to enjoy the book almost as much as I did." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
"Finally, there is a reliable, engaging and accessible presentation of the communis opinio. And there are even exercises! ... Fortson has produced an excellent book that fulfills its goals admirably. I hope it will inspire a renaissance of Indo-European linguistics in English speaking countries." (Journal of the American Oriental Society)
"Superb ... [Fortson's] short general discussions of the histories and ecologies of the individual languages are the best I have ever read." (Recensiones - Salesianum, 2008)
"I would like to conclude by stressing that this is an excellent textbook. I have taught from it, and the students in my class not only learned a great deal from it, they also seemed to enjoy the book almost as much as I did." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
"Finally, there is a reliable, engaging and accessible presentation of the communis opinio. And there are even exercises! ... Fortson has produced an excellent book that fulfills its goals admirably. I hope it will inspire a renaissance of Indo-European linguistics in English speaking countries." (Journal of the American Oriental Society)
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"Ben Fortson's book is the best existing introduction to Indo-European linguistics: up-to-date and comprehensive, accessible without being oversimplified. Students and interested laypersons will find it indispensable."
–Don Ringe, University of Pennsylvania
–Don Ringe, University of Pennsylvania
"Fortson’s Introduction continues to be the textbook of choice for introductory Indo-European. In its presentation of both fact and theory, it is a marvel of accuracy, completeness, and sound judgment."
–Brent Vine, UCLA
"The perfect book for an introductory Indo-European course, lively and engaging throughout, yet detailed, accurate, and authoritative. The hands-on exercises at the end of each chapter are a unique and valuable feature."
–Jay Jasanoff, Harvard University
"This is an excellent introduction to Proto-Indo-European and its study. Both the chapters on various aspects of PIE grammar and those describing the various Indo-European branches are masterly précis of their subjects. As a Tocharianist I’m pleased to see that all branches of Indo-European are given the same thoughtful, substantial treatment. Both novices and the experienced Indo-Europeanists will read this book with profit; more than one of the latter group will wish he had written himself."
–Douglas Q. Adams, University of Idaho
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The second edition of Fortson's introductory book surely plays in the top league of the awful lot of introductions to Indo-European linguistics available. In 500 pages, the author takes his readers to all relevant fields of the studies and provides comprehensive, clear and useful information for each subject. Basic linguistic knowledge is required to understand everything.
The book is divided into two parts : The first eight chapters are devoted to the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European and its grammatical structure, while in the other 12 chapters the Indo-European branches and single languages are presented with their respective developments out of PIE. Hypotheses and speculations are weight carefully. Each chapter is closed by bibliographical information, exercises (to test one's knowledge) and some Indo-European vocabulary.
Alltogether, a recommandable intro to Indo-European, especially for its overview of the Indo-European daughter languages and subbranches and their historical phonology, something which is often neglected in other introductions.
The book is divided into two parts : The first eight chapters are devoted to the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European and its grammatical structure, while in the other 12 chapters the Indo-European branches and single languages are presented with their respective developments out of PIE. Hypotheses and speculations are weight carefully. Each chapter is closed by bibliographical information, exercises (to test one's knowledge) and some Indo-European vocabulary.
Alltogether, a recommandable intro to Indo-European, especially for its overview of the Indo-European daughter languages and subbranches and their historical phonology, something which is often neglected in other introductions.
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Ich habe noch zwei andere deutsche Bücher über Indogermanistik gelesen, aber das ist echt das Beste. Es ist verständlich geschrieben. Nur die Kapitel über Phonologie fand ich nicht so interessant, weil ich mich für Phonologie nicht besonders interessiere. Fortson ist der Meinung dass das Proto-Indoeuropäische vor etwa 6.000 Jahren gesprochen wurde, während Robert Schmidt-Brandt in "Einführung in die Indogermanistik" glaubt, dass das Proto-Indoeuropäische sogar vor 80.000 Jahren gesprochen wurde. Colin Renfrew schreibt in "Nostratic. Examining a linguistic Macrofamily", dass das Proto-Indoeuropäische vor etwa 9.000 Jahren gesprochen wurde und das Proto-Nostratische vor etwa 15.000 Jahren. Die Schrift ist laut Brian Fagan ("People of the Earth. Introduction to World Prehistory") etwa 5.400 Jahre alt. Alles, was weiter zurück liegt, ist prähistorische Archäologie und daher Vermutung. Das einzige, was mir nicht so gut an diesem Buch gefallen hat, ist, dass Fortson im Kapitel über keltische Sprachen nicht die neueste Literatur benutzt. Dabei gibt es von Martin Ball und Donald Macauley ganz neue Bücher mit dem Titel "The Celtic Languages". Auch in dem Buch über baltoslawische Sprachen benutzt Fortson sehr alte Literatur. Dabei gibt es von Bernard Comrie das Buch "The Slavonic Languages", das von 2002 ist. Ansonsten ist das Buch einfach spitzenmäßig.
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The book I wish I'd had in 1974
2. Juli 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
This is the book I wish I'd had when I took Introduction to Indoeuropean many years ago. It covers not only the traditional topic of the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European but PIE culture, homeland, and migrations. The most valuable part is the survey of the subgroups of IE. It gives much more extensive coverage than is usual to "minor" subgroups such as Tocharian, Albanian, and Armenian, and does not ignore the lesser known languages within subgroups, such as the Anatolian languages other than Hittite and the minor Italic languages.
By providing information about the entire subgroup, not just its earliest attested languages, it avoids the overemphasis on reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European of so many books on this topic and thereby provides more of a sense of the history of the many and widespread languages of this important language family. Even for linguists, historical linguistics is not only about reconstruction of protolanguages: it is also about how particular languages have changed over time and how language change works in general. Non-linguists are also likely to be interested in questions like: "How did the Slavic languages get to be the way they are?". Books that focus exclusively on reconstruction and earliest attestations do a poor job of responding to such questions.
The view of Indo-European presented is modern, with good coverage of laryngeal theory, but appropriately conservative for an introductory book in not digressing excessively on marginal aspects of the field, such as possible remoter connections of Indo-European and reconstruction strongly influenced by typology.
It is a virtue of this book that all data is provided in romanization as this makes it accessible to people who are not already committed students of Indo-European. The fact is that it has been several generations since educated Americans or Europeans could be assumed to know Greek. Even my eighty-year old mother had a year of Greek in highschool only because the Latin teacher agreed to teach an extra class during the lunch period. For those of us who read Greek it may look funny in romanization, but this book is not intended primarily for us. Furthermore, comparison of data from different languages is facilitated by a common representation of the data.
The chapters on the various subgroups are sufficiently self-contained that they can be read independently by someone who wants to bone up on a particular group of languages so long as he or she has a basic understanding of historical linguistics and of the elements of comparative Indo-European presented in the first few chapters. The bibliographies for the chapters on subgroups focus on recent reference works and important recent developments rather than on the classics. This is appropriate for an introductory work as references to classic works and other information about the history of the field are easily obtained elsewhere.
By providing information about the entire subgroup, not just its earliest attested languages, it avoids the overemphasis on reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European of so many books on this topic and thereby provides more of a sense of the history of the many and widespread languages of this important language family. Even for linguists, historical linguistics is not only about reconstruction of protolanguages: it is also about how particular languages have changed over time and how language change works in general. Non-linguists are also likely to be interested in questions like: "How did the Slavic languages get to be the way they are?". Books that focus exclusively on reconstruction and earliest attestations do a poor job of responding to such questions.
The view of Indo-European presented is modern, with good coverage of laryngeal theory, but appropriately conservative for an introductory book in not digressing excessively on marginal aspects of the field, such as possible remoter connections of Indo-European and reconstruction strongly influenced by typology.
It is a virtue of this book that all data is provided in romanization as this makes it accessible to people who are not already committed students of Indo-European. The fact is that it has been several generations since educated Americans or Europeans could be assumed to know Greek. Even my eighty-year old mother had a year of Greek in highschool only because the Latin teacher agreed to teach an extra class during the lunch period. For those of us who read Greek it may look funny in romanization, but this book is not intended primarily for us. Furthermore, comparison of data from different languages is facilitated by a common representation of the data.
The chapters on the various subgroups are sufficiently self-contained that they can be read independently by someone who wants to bone up on a particular group of languages so long as he or she has a basic understanding of historical linguistics and of the elements of comparative Indo-European presented in the first few chapters. The bibliographies for the chapters on subgroups focus on recent reference works and important recent developments rather than on the classics. This is appropriate for an introductory work as references to classic works and other information about the history of the field are easily obtained elsewhere.
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A Book That is What It Says It Is!
25. Oktober 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
Fortson has intended this book to be an introduction for the undergraduates, and it exactly is that, and a bit more (in my experience with undergrads, not all of them are very comfotable with learning about complicated linguistic theories).
The book's first part has sections on the history of IE studies and discusses matters of Morphology, Phonology, Nouns, Verbs, and Syntax in seperate chapters which are well written, but sometimes uneven. The second half of the book runs through each major IE linguistic subgroup, sometimes paying attention to some groups more than others.
For those previous reviewers who seem to find the book ineffcient, I have to repeat that this book has no claim of replacing Szemerenyi or Meier-Brugger, which are more advance handbooks for already well-versed IE experts. Also, for someone who asked "do we want to admit people to the field who have no Greek", my answer would be, why not? Who said Greek and Latin should be the prerequisites to IE? Why not admit someone who is familiar with Sanskrit or OCS or Avestan to the field, and then make them learn Greek? It is quite common for people with good Greek or Latin who come in and then embark upon learning Sanskrit and the rest, so why not the other way around? I disagree with the statement on the transliteratio of Greek being annoying. You would expect him to transliterate Hittite and Sanskrit and OCS and the rest, so why not Greek?
The book's first part has sections on the history of IE studies and discusses matters of Morphology, Phonology, Nouns, Verbs, and Syntax in seperate chapters which are well written, but sometimes uneven. The second half of the book runs through each major IE linguistic subgroup, sometimes paying attention to some groups more than others.
For those previous reviewers who seem to find the book ineffcient, I have to repeat that this book has no claim of replacing Szemerenyi or Meier-Brugger, which are more advance handbooks for already well-versed IE experts. Also, for someone who asked "do we want to admit people to the field who have no Greek", my answer would be, why not? Who said Greek and Latin should be the prerequisites to IE? Why not admit someone who is familiar with Sanskrit or OCS or Avestan to the field, and then make them learn Greek? It is quite common for people with good Greek or Latin who come in and then embark upon learning Sanskrit and the rest, so why not the other way around? I disagree with the statement on the transliteratio of Greek being annoying. You would expect him to transliterate Hittite and Sanskrit and OCS and the rest, so why not Greek?
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Valuable Introduction for the Curious
27. Juni 2010
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This book comes in two parts, an overview of Proto-Indo-European (including cultural as well as linguistic considerations), and a survey of each branch of the family. The first part serves its purpose fairly well as an introduction, although I'm not sure how much sense the discussion of (say) the verbal system makes without experience in at least one old IE language. Still, the discussions of IE grammar are relatively clear and accessible. If you want a more elegant view of this material, I recommend James Clackson's Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics), which covers much the same material in a crystal clear style, and navigates the controversies of reconstruction a bit more masterfully (unsurprising, since Clackson's book is explicitly designed to cover the controversial aspects of the field for a relative beginner). I highly recommend using these two books together (especially since Clackson has no survey of the branches as Fortson does).
The second half is where Fortson really shines. Each chapter covers one particular branch, and they can easily be read independently of each other in any order. If some reviewers aren't interested in all the branches, or in some of the more recent languages which Fortson discusses, then they can just skip those sections; Fortson makes it easy. Each chapter contains sections on history and culture, outlines the main characteristics of each branch, and then discusses the grammatical features each sub-family within the branch. These are hardly complete grammars, of course, but Fortson generally does an excellent job of capturing some of the most striking features of each family, and whetting your appetite for more. The text samples for you to work through are very nice features.
Fortson ends each chapter with a Further Reading section, which often contains some important reference grammars, dictionaries, and articles for the family. The main lack is that Fortson generally does not suggest pedagogical grammars, which is a shame since the book introduces languages so well that I (at least) often want to follow up study with a good, reliable teaching resource. It would save a great deal of uncertainty and searching if Fortson had offered some recommendations to begin with (though I can appreciate the difficulty this would have created for the author, since recommending pedagogical grammars is so often a matter of explaining the pros and cons of a number of imperfect resources).
I'm giving this book five stars since I feel that it's intended audience--interested students or dilettantes--will find this an amazingly valuable introduction which really does contain a wealth of information. Read this in conjunction with Clackson, and you will get an excellent overview of Proto-Indo-European, as well as nice introductions to each of the sub-families (which are usually fascinating even internally, regardless of their value for PIE reconstruction). There's a lot more to IE linguistics than can possibly be covered in these two books, but they provide very solid foundations for further language study or reading about the field.
The second half is where Fortson really shines. Each chapter covers one particular branch, and they can easily be read independently of each other in any order. If some reviewers aren't interested in all the branches, or in some of the more recent languages which Fortson discusses, then they can just skip those sections; Fortson makes it easy. Each chapter contains sections on history and culture, outlines the main characteristics of each branch, and then discusses the grammatical features each sub-family within the branch. These are hardly complete grammars, of course, but Fortson generally does an excellent job of capturing some of the most striking features of each family, and whetting your appetite for more. The text samples for you to work through are very nice features.
Fortson ends each chapter with a Further Reading section, which often contains some important reference grammars, dictionaries, and articles for the family. The main lack is that Fortson generally does not suggest pedagogical grammars, which is a shame since the book introduces languages so well that I (at least) often want to follow up study with a good, reliable teaching resource. It would save a great deal of uncertainty and searching if Fortson had offered some recommendations to begin with (though I can appreciate the difficulty this would have created for the author, since recommending pedagogical grammars is so often a matter of explaining the pros and cons of a number of imperfect resources).
I'm giving this book five stars since I feel that it's intended audience--interested students or dilettantes--will find this an amazingly valuable introduction which really does contain a wealth of information. Read this in conjunction with Clackson, and you will get an excellent overview of Proto-Indo-European, as well as nice introductions to each of the sub-families (which are usually fascinating even internally, regardless of their value for PIE reconstruction). There's a lot more to IE linguistics than can possibly be covered in these two books, but they provide very solid foundations for further language study or reading about the field.
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