Bøger af Birgit Anette Olsen

The Sound of Indo-European indeholder bidrag, der omhandler en bred vifte af emner inden for indoeuropæisk fonologi i bredeste forstand – fra minutiøs fonetik til abstrakt fonemik og morfofonemik. Artiklerne relaterer til alle aspekter af indoeuropæisk, både protosproget, dets forstadier og sprogenes udvikling helt frem til nutiden. Eksperter fra ikke mindre end 13 lande over hele verden har forfattet bogens 29 kapitler, hvoraf mange behandler sprogforandring inden for individuelle grene af de indoeuropæiske sprog. Der er således dybdegående sektioner om både de keltiske og de anatoliske sprog – to områder inden for indoeuropæistikken der til stadighed står for markante nyfund – men også om germansk, indoiransk, italisk, armensk og endda eufratisk og fjernere sammenhæng mellem indoeuropæisk og andre sprogfamilier.Denne gennemgang viser, qua især den vægt der lægges på lydanalyse, at den gamle brugmannske tilgang til genetisk sprogvidenskab og denne type undersøgelser kan lykkes og give legitime resultater. Bogen repræsenterer herved også den realisme og jordbundenhed københavnerskolen af indoeuropæistik er blevet velkendt for at hige efter inden for sprogrekonstruktion.Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead er forskningsassistent ved Københavns Universitet. Thomas Olander er postdoc ved Københavns Universitet.Birgit Anette Olsen er lektor ved Københavns Universitet. Jens Elmegård Rasmussen er lektor ved Københavns Universitet.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Tocharian and Indo-European Studies is the central publication for the study of two closely related languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B. Found in many Buddhist manuscripts from central Asia, Tocharian dates back to the second half of the first millennium of the Common Era, though it was not discovered until the twentieth century. Focusing on both philological and linguistic aspects of this language, Tocharian and Indo-European Studies also looks at Tocharian in relationship to other Indo-European languages.Contents of volume 17: Douglas Q. Adams, "Tocharian B arkañ yet again" 1; Adam A. Catt, "Tocharian B ly(¿¿ )ptsentar: A new class VIII present" 11; Ching Chao-jung ¿¿¿, "On the names of cereals in Tocharian B " 29; Ilya B. Itkin, "The tender ghost: Tocharian B lalä¿e 'tender' : Tocharian A ?" 65; Bernhard Koller, "Vir¿a spelling and Tocharian A prosody" 77; Dieter Maue, "Tumschukische Miszellen / Miscellanea Tumšcica IV" 109; Ogihara Hirotoshi ¿¿¿¿, "Remarks on fragment B431 of the Berlin Turfan collection" 133; Michaël Peyrot, "Further Sanskrit-Tocharian bilingual Ud¿avarga fragments" 153; Georges-Jean Pinault, "Glossary of the Tocharian B Petrovsky Buddhastotra" 213; Douglas Q. Adams, "Review of Markus Hartmann, Das Genussystem des Tocharischen" 249