Author's Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Author's Preface v
3. Table of contents xiii
4. List of illustrations xxi
5. Abbreviations of Languages and Dialects xxv
6. Abbreviations of Primary Literature xxvii
7. Abbreviations of Grammatical Terms xxviii
8. Typological Evolution in IE 1
9. The Syntax of the Prepositional Phrase 28
10. Case and Prepositions in Ancient Greek 54
11. Cases and Postpositions in Hittite 81
12. Cases and Postpositions in Indo-Aryan 102
13. Cases and Prepositions in Iranian 131
14. Armenian 160
15. From Old to Modern Slavic 178
16. Baltic Languages 205
17. From Ancient to Modern Celtic 228
18. From Latin to Modern Romance 247
19. From Ancient to Modern Germanic 274
20. Albanian 304
21. Tocharian 317
22. Cases, Averbial Particles and Adpositions in Proto-Indo-European 334
23. Conclusions 357
24. References and Select Bibliography 384
25. Index of Authors 410
26. Index of Languages 413
27. General Index 418