Manual of Indo-European Linguistics. Volume II: Nominal and Verbal Morphology

Volume II of this Manual deals with Indo-European nominal and

verbal morphology; the morphology of the pronouns will be dealt with in

volume III. The treatment of nominal and verbal morphology is preceded by

an introduction in which the authors present their theory of root

formation in Indo-European and their view of particular, idiosyncratic

grammatical mechanisms. The description and reconstruction of the

respective word classes follows the procedure based on F.R. Adrados’

theory of the gradual dialectalization of Indo-European. The starting

point is the reconstruction of nominal and verbal morphology at the level

of Indo-European III , i.e. the linguistic stage following the separation

of the Anatolian group from the rest of Indo-European. Subsequently, a

description is offered of the situation of Indo-European II , i.e. the

linguistic stage prior to the separation of the Anatolian languages.

Finally, a reconstruction of Indo-European I , the pre-inflectional stage

of Indo-European, is attempted.