Introduzione alla lingua e alla cultura degli Indoeuropei

Synopsis of Introduzione alla lingua e alla cultura degli Indoeuropei

This volume, to which three of the most renowned specialists in the field have contributed, offers an effective introduction to Indo-European civilization. It first describes the characteristics of their institutions: religion, family, marriage, and social organization. It then traces a profile of the main branches of the Indo-European family and reconstructs the phonology, morphology, and syntax of 'Proto-Indo-European', the common language from which most European and some Asian languages descend. Finally, an in-depth typological analysis of Indo-European aims to identify the salient features of this language against the backdrop of structural diversity among the world's languages.