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Proto-Indo-European verb and Slavic etymology [PDF]
In Balto-Slavic, the large scope of stem variation within the verbal system inherited from Proto-Indo-European was reduced, on the paradigmatic level, to few apophonic verbs, reduplicated and nasal presents, but the former variety left traces in the ...
Loma Aleksandar
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Reconstructing Syntactic Variation in Proto-Indo-European [PDF]
This paper discusses the problem of linguistic reconstruction in the Indo-European languages with particular attention to syntax. While many scholars consider syntactic reconstruction as being in principle impossible, other scholars simply apply to syntax the same tenets of the Comparative Method and of Internal Reconstruction, which were originally ...
Viti, Carlotta
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Proto-Indo-European *sk- in Slavic
This paper offers an extensive analysis of the reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European word-initial cluster *sk- in Proto-Slavic. It is argued that the regular reflex of this cluster is the Proto-Slavic *x-, but that *sk- was analogously re-introduced in a ...
Ranko Matasović
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Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence
With Proto-Slavic and other Proto-Indo-European homelands close to each other and on the routes of domestication of the first cultivated grain legumes, now known as pulses, one may assume that the ancestors of the modern Slavic nations knew field beans ...
Aleksandar MIKIĆ
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There are two main hypotheses about the localization of the Indo-European homeland. The first connects the spread of the Indo-Europeans with the migrations of the kurgan cultures of the Ponto-Caspian steppes, primarily the Yamnaya.
Stanislav Grigoriev
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Might Hurro-Urartian and North-Caucasian Languages Be Derived from (or Related to) Indo-European?
Several basic-lexicon etymologies, with regular sound correspondences, suggest Hurro-Urartian (HU) might be derived from (or related to) Proto-Indo-European (PIE). Preliminary evidence suggests North-Caucasian (NC) languages might also be related to PIE –
Gianfranco Forni
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Words denoting faba bean (Vicia faba) in European languages [PDF]
Faba bean (Vicia faba L) took part in the 'agricultural revolution' of post-glacial Europe along with other grain legumes and cereals. In order to assess the diversity and the origin of the words denoting faba bean in the languages of Europe, a ...
Mikić Aleksandar
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Using state-of-the-art finite-state technology (FST) we automatically generate data of the some 120 most archaic Indo-European (IE) languages from reconstructed Proto-Indo-European (PIE) by means of digitized sound laws.
Jouna Pyysalo +2 more
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Volgo-Kama Neolithic resulted from an expansion of the Elshan culture to Lower Kama c. 5700 BCE. Corresponding “Indo-Uralic” linguistic parallels attest to an expansion of pre-Proto-Indo-European speakers to the area of pre-Proto-Uralic speakers.
Asko Parpola
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The Greek Voice Aspirates and Balkan Indo-European
Greek Voice Aspirates and Balkan Indo-European In contemporary Indo‑European linguistics growing attention is given to the issue of the “Balkan Indo‑European” subgrouping of the Indo‑European languages.
Dariusz R. Piwowarczyk
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