Foundations of Baltic languages

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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Foundations of Baltic languages
Authors:
Dini, Pietro Umberto
Publication Data:
Vilnius : Eugrimas, 2014.
Pages:
725 p
Leidimas lietuvių k.: Baltų kalbos: lyginamoji istorija Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2000. 538 p.
Contents:
Acknowledgments — Preface — Abbreviations Chapter 1. Linguistic Prehistory of the Baltic area: 1.1. Introduction and issues of terminology; 1.2. Geolinguistic range of Baltia in prehistory; 1.3. Baltic languages and peoples in ancient sources; 1.4. Protobaltic and its linguistic fragmentation; 1.5. Global hypotheses — Chapter 2. The Main Features of Baltic Linguistic unity: 2.1. Phonological features; 2.2. Morphological features; 2.3. Syntactic features; 2.4. Lexicon; 2.5. Phraseology; 2.6. Onomastics — Chapter 3. The Linguistic context: 3.1. The Slavic and Germanic peribaltic context; 3.2. The Balto-Finnic and Volga peribaltic context; 3.3. The Ponto-Baltic region; 3.4. The remote context — Chapter 4. The Baltic speaking region between baltia pagana and baltia christiana: 4.1. The linguistic disintegration of East Baltic; 4.2. Socio-cultural data concerning Baltia ca. 1000; 4.3. From paganism to christianity — Chapter 5. “Minor” BaLtic Languages: 5.1. Extinct Baltic languages; 5.2. Curonian; 5.3. Yatvingian; 5.4. Galindian; 5.5. Selonian; 5.6. Semigallian — Chapter 6. The Old Prussian language: 6.1. Old Prussian; 6.2. The corpus of Old Prussian texts; 6.3. Grammatical information — Chapter 7. The Baltic Languages between Baltia catholica and Baltia reformata: 7.1. Multi-lingualism and integration; 7.2. The first Baltic texts; 7.3. Prelude to Baltic linguistics; 7.4. Grammatical data — Chapter 8. The national renaissance, Independence and sovietization in Baltic linguistics: 8.1. The process of national renaissance and the linguistic situation in the Baltic countries; 8.2. Changes in the Baltic languages; 8.3. The Baltic languages in the Soviet period —Chapter 9. The Baltic languages and the new independence. Baltia autochtona and Baltia emigrata: 9.1. Reaffirmation of linguistic identity; 9.2. Linguistic phases of Baltic emigration; 9.3. Issues of areal linguistics; 9.4. Concerning the future evolution of the Baltic languages — Chapter 10. Baltic texts: 10.1. Old Prussian texts; 10.2. Lithuanian texts; 10.3. Latvian texts — Appendix. Bibliographical notes: А1. Bibliography by linguistic topics; А2. Specialized Journals; А3. Language Aids; А4. Baltistics and Baltica (beyond the Baltic countries); А5. Baltistics in the world (beyond the Baltic Countries) — Bibliography.
Subject Category:
LT
Baltų kalbos / Baltic languages.
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Archivum Lithuanicum. 2015, t. 17, p. 341-350
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe book is a general introduction to Baltic philology and linguistics consisting in ten chapters. An appendix is helpful for bibliographic orientation. This book is panoramic work on the Baltic languages from their beginning until nowadays and an original and conceptual synthesis of the history and current state of the Baltic languages.

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9786094372636; 5420014440
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
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