Linguistics 51

Proto-Indo-European Language and Society

fall 2011

 

Syllabus

 

Linguistics: Introduction

Proto-Indo-European Phonology

Morphology: Introduction

Material Culture of the Proto-Indo-Europeans

Map of the PIE area

PIE Kinship terms

Late Neolithic in the Pontic-Caspian

Discussion Questions for October 17th

Noun Inflection in PIE

Verbal Inflection in PIE

PIE verb list

Practice Problem on Noun Inflection

Anatolian languages and the Hittite Empire

Practice Problem on Verb and Noun Inflection

Hittite Gods, Myths and Rituals

Excerpts from the Hittite Laws

Evolution of Cunieiform Styles: Akkadian, Old Script Hittite, New Script Hittite

Brief cuneiform text: fragment of the proclamantion of Telipinus

Sound Changes from PIE to Proto-Anatolian to Old Hittite

From PIE to Hittite: Examples

Excerpts from Renou's _Vedic India_

Indo-Iranian

Vedic Deities

Vedic Text and Meter

Problem 2: Hittite Scriptio Plena

PIE Divinities and the Sacred

Tripartition of Functions

The Aegean in the Bronze Age

From PIE to Greek

Additional Reading on Hittite History

Anatolian-Aegean Links in the Bronze Age

Mycenean Society 1

Mycenean Society 2

Readings on the Iguvine Tablets

Introduction to the Tarim Mummies

Indo-Iranians and the Tarim Mummies

Tocharians and the Tarim Mummies

Three Sins of Heracles and Indra

Germanic Mythology and Indo-European Society

Germanic and Celtic Mythology 1

Germanic and Celtic Mythology 2

Germanic and Old English

Epic Poetry and the Oral Theory

Final Essay Directions