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Investigating languages in prehistory : the linguistic roots of Europe

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Abstract

Homelands, theories of origin and chronologies: research on Europe's linguistic prehistory. The research on Europe's linguistic history has been dominated by some classic questions about the origin of the Indo-European languages: a. Where was the Indo-European protolanguage spoken, and hence, from where did the Indo-European languages spread across Europe? b. When did this happen, i.e. how old are Proto-Indo-European and its daughter languages? c. How did the Indo-European languages spread?
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Linguistic Roots of Europe: Origin and Development of European Languages
EditorsRobert Mailhammer, Theo Vennemann, Birgit Anette Olsen
Place of PublicationNetherlands
PublisherMuseum Tusculanum Press
Pagesix-xvi
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9788763542098
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Germanic languages
  • history
  • historical linguistics

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