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Book Dictionary of Indo European Poetic and Religious Themes

Download or read book Dictionary of Indo European Poetic and Religious Themes written by Didier Calin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes is a comprehensive study in Indo-European phraseology and poetics. It not only reflects the state of the art in this important field of comparative studies but also includes new discoveries made by Didier Calin based in particular on data from Anatolian languages and Latvian folksongs, the dainas. Extensive indexes allow for quick access to text occurences and their translations. The book is designed not only for comparatists and indo-europeanists but also for classicists and for specialists of the various branches of the Indo-European language family interested in the history of Indo-European cultures.

Book The Indo European Cognate Dictionary

Download or read book The Indo European Cognate Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indo European Poetry and Myth

Download or read book Indo European Poetry and Myth written by M. L. West and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book deserves a warm welcome. Steady work has gone into the writing of it, and M.L. West's ability to detect analogies and to make comparisons has again been deployed to good effect G.L. Huxley, Hermathena ... the ideal guide in a complex field of learning. International Review of Biblical Studies Martin West has written the definitive book on Indo-European language and religion ... [the] ... world of words is beautifully laid out for us in this important book London Review of Books This volume ... is written with the grace, style and wit that we have come to expect..the picture that emerges is detailed and consistent ... the results are fascinating ... West has done a great service in providing an accurate and up-to-date account. Richard Janko, TLS It is a book for repeated consultation rather than a quick read through ... a landmark publication in an area of study whose importance is likely to grow - not only for classics but also for the humanities more generally. N.J. Allen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review a virtual compendium of the most relevant material distilled by one of the finest minds to venture into this field J.S. Sheldon", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Book An Indo European comparative dictionary

Download or read book An Indo European comparative dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of Indo European Concepts and Society

Download or read book Dictionary of Indo European Concepts and Society written by Émile Benveniste and published by Hau. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1969, Émile Benveniste's Vocabulaire--here in a new translation as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society--has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification--and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages--Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike. This book has famously inspired a wealth of thinkers, including Roland Barthes, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Giorgio Agamben, François Jullien, and many others. In this new volume, Benveniste's masterpiece on the study of language and society finds new life for a new generation of scholars. As political fictions continue to separate and reify differences between European, Middle Eastern, and South Asian societies, Benveniste reminds us just how historically deep their interconnections are and that understanding the way our institutions are evoked through the words that describe them is more necessary than ever.

Book An Indo European comparative dictionary

Download or read book An Indo European comparative dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selected Writings  Culture and poetics

Download or read book Selected Writings Culture and poetics written by Calvert Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of Languages

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Dalby
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2015-10-28
  • ISBN : 1408102145
  • Pages : 754 pages

Download or read book Dictionary of Languages written by Andrew Dalby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.

Book Indo European Myth and Religion

Download or read book Indo European Myth and Religion written by Roger Woodard and published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Indo European comparative dictionary

Download or read book An Indo European comparative dictionary written by Stuart Edward Mann and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indo European Myth and Religion

Download or read book Indo European Myth and Religion written by Roger Woodard and published by . This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How to Kill a Dragon

Download or read book How to Kill a Dragon written by Calvert Watkins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."

Book Indo European Mythology and Religion

Download or read book Indo European Mythology and Religion written by ALEXANDER. JACOB and published by Manticore Press. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays presented in this collection are based on Alexander Jacob's earlier works, Ātman: A Reconstruction of the Solar Cosmology of the Indo-Europeans and Brahman: A Study of the Solar Rituals of the Indo-Europeans. They expand on the cosmological and religious themes in these books with reference to Indic & European spiritual traditions.

Book Indo European dictionary with nostratic etymologies

Download or read book Indo European dictionary with nostratic etymologies written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Vedica

    Book Details:
  • Author : Georges-Jean Pinault
  • Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
  • Release : 2019-12-02
  • ISBN : 295708600X
  • Pages : 570 pages

Download or read book Vedica written by Georges-Jean Pinault and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first in a series dedicated to the important contributions of Prof. Georges-Jean Pinault to Indo-Aryan studies. The book gathers over twenty of his significant publications on Vedic linguistics and etymological problems, both in French and English. It includes complex issues and detailed discussions about phonetics and morphology of both Old Indo-Aryan and Indo-Iranian languages and deals with the etymology of prominent theonyms. It will be of utmost interest to anyone interested in the history of Indo-Aryan languages, Vedic poetics, Indian culture and Proto-Indo-European comparative linguistics.

Book Indo European Myth   Religion

Download or read book Indo European Myth Religion written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comparative Indo European Linguistics

Download or read book Comparative Indo European Linguistics written by Robert S.P. Beekes and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language.The reader is introduced into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. The text of this second edition has been corrected and updated by Michiel de Vaan. Sixty-six new exercises enable the student to practice the reconstruction of PIE phonology and morphology.