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Michael MeierBriigger holds the Chair in Comparative and IndoEuropean Linguisticsat the Free University of Berlin, Germany.Matthias Frit: is Research Fellow in the Department of Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.Man/red Mayrho/er is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics at the University of Vienna, Austria.Contents3oJ)Univerzitna kniznicaV BratislaveI I 11 111111111111111111111111111111111111111*1800256290*Contents ............................... ................................... ................................ VPreface to the Seventh German Edition (2000) ...................................... IX,Preface to the Eighth German Edition (2002) ...................................... XIIlPreface to the English Translation of the Eighth German Edition ........... XVTerminology, Symbols, Abbreviations ............................................... XVII1. Terminology ........................................................................... XVII2. Symbols, Writing Conventions, Citing Conventions ............... XVIII3. Abbreviations .............................. ........... ......... ............ . ........... XXII. Introduction ..............................•........... .............. ................................. 1A. The Field and its Study .................................................... ....... ........ 1@ Printed on acidfree paper which falls within the guidelinesor the ANSI to ensure permanence and durability,ISBN 3-1 1-017433-2Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche BibfiolhekDie Deulsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografic;detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at .© Copyright 2003 by Waiter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, D-I0785 BerlinAll rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of thisbook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrievalsystem, without permission in writing from the publisher.Cover design: Hansbernd Lindemann, BerlinPrinting and Binding: WBDruck, Rieden am ForggenscePrinted in GermanyUnlver-.,Itna kn,.nLBATIL AVB. Indo-European Linguistics in the Age of the PC and the Internet .... 6C. A Word on the History ofIndo-European Linguistics ..................... 9D. Overview of the Indo-European Languages and their Sources ...... 171. General Information ........ ............................................................ 172. The Individual lE Language Families and their Sources . ........ ...... 18E. The Reconstruction of Pro to-In do-European ......... ....................... 411. Examples of Reconstruction ....................................................... 412. Fundamentals of Reconstruction ................................................. 563. The Time, Place, and Culture of the Proto-Indo-Europeans ........ 63n. Proto-Indo-European Phonology ...................................................... 71A. General Information ..................................................................... 71.. ,., # •• _.