Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword & acknowledgments vii
4. Editors’ introduction 1
5. Bibliographical references 11
6. Bibliography of George J. Metcalf 17
7. 1. Between methodology and ideology 19
8. 2. The Indo-European hypothesis in the 16th and 17th centuries 33
9. 3. Theodor Bibliander (1505–1564) and the languages of Japheth’s progeny 57
10. 4. Konrad Gesner’s (1516–1565) general views on language 65
11. 5. Gesner’s views on the Germanic languages 77
12. 6. Abraham Mylius (1563–1637) on historical linguistics 85
13. 7. Philippus Cluverius (1580–1623) and his Lingua Celtica 105
14. 8. A linguistic clash in the 17th century 123
15. 9. Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676) on historical linguistics 133
16. 10. Andreas Jäger’s (c.1660–1730) De Lingua Vetustissima Europae (1686) 147
17. 11. Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806) discovers the languages of Asia 153
18. Master list of references 169
19. Index of biographical names 175
20. Index of subjects & terms 179