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The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley
Edition 2ISBN: 978-1138501096The History of English: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Stephan Gramley
Edition 2ISBN: 978-1138501096 Exercise 10
In contrast to the previous topic, which emphasizes sound changes, here it is suggested that you look at the question about where Indo-European emerged, a question that will lead you into the area of
vocabulary. At the end of §1.3.1 it was mentioned that Proto-Germanic differs from IE in using words that do not have cognates in IE. The converse of this is the fact that the IE languages share very, very many words. Insofar as these words referred to the world around them, we can try to see just what part of the Euro-Asian continent the speakers of Proto-Indo-European might have lived in. See what the language detectives suggest. You might look at Anthony and Ringe 2015 for positions on this.
vocabulary. At the end of §1.3.1 it was mentioned that Proto-Germanic differs from IE in using words that do not have cognates in IE. The converse of this is the fact that the IE languages share very, very many words. Insofar as these words referred to the world around them, we can try to see just what part of the Euro-Asian continent the speakers of Proto-Indo-European might have lived in. See what the language detectives suggest. You might look at Anthony and Ringe 2015 for positions on this.
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