PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. CRITERIA FOR THE SUBGROUPING OF LANGUAGES 1
5. THE GROUPING OF THE GERMANIC LANGUAGES 13
6. ITALO-CELTIC REVISITED 29
7. THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITHIN ITALIC 51
8. THE POSITION OF ILLYRIAN AND VENETIC 59
9. ANCIENT GREEK DIALECTOLOGY IN THE LIGHT OF MYCENAEAN 77
10. THE POSITION OF ALBANIAN 97
11. THE DIALECTS OF OLD INDO-ARYAN 123
12. THE RELATIONSHIPS OF BALTIC AND SLAVIC 139
13. THE DIALECTS OF COMMON SLAVIC 153
14. DISTANT LINGUISTIC AFFINITY 199
15. TRACES OF EARLY DIALECTAL DIVERSITY IN OLD ARMENIAN 201
16. ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE TOCHARIAN DIALECTS 213
17. DIALECTAL ASPECTS OF THE ANATOLIAN BRANCH OF INDO-EUROPEAN 235