Morphologische Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen [Paperback]

A product of the Neogrammarian school, this six-volume work (published 18781910) remains an important contribution to Indo-European linguistics.Hermann Osthoff (18471909) and Karl Brugmann (18491919) were prominent members of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics. This six-volume work, published between 1878 and 1910, develops the theory that European languages, together with certain languages of central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a prehistoric Indo-European language.Hermann Osthoff (18471909) and Karl Brugmann (18491919) were prominent members of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics. This six-volume work, published between 1878 and 1910, develops the theory that European languages, together with certain languages of central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a prehistoric Indo-European language.Hermann Osthoff (18471909) and Karl Brugmann (18491919) were central figures in the circle of German scholars who rejected a doctrinal approach to the study of linguistics. They came to be known as the Neogrammarian school. At the core of their work was the theory that European languages, together with a subset of languages found in central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a single prehistoric language. They called this ancestor Indo-Germanic (known today as Indo-European) and claimed that its descendants are all related to one another by varying degrees of closeness. This six-volume elaboration of this thesis was published between 1878 and 1910. The preface to Volume 1 (1878) contains the 'Neogrammarian Manifesto' which states categorically that there are no exceptions in the laws of sound change, while new languages are formed only in relation to already existing languages.Vorwort; 1. Das verbale Suffix 'a' im Indogermanischen; 2. Formassociation bei Zahlw?rtern; 3. Zur Geschichte der Personalendungen; 4. Die arische Passivbildung; 5. Kleine Beitr?ge zur Declinationslehre.