New Books on Indo-European

(From the UCLA Indo-European Studies Bulletin, Vol. 11, Number 1, September 2005. For subscription information to the full hardcopy version, see the IES Bulletin page.)

Announcements

Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie
The series Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie has until recently been published by the Verlag der Technischen Universität Dresden. From vol. 16 on, Harrassowitz will be the publisher. As a result of the changeover, earlier volumes in the series are now being offered at greatly reduced prices (while supply lasts):

• vol. 7, N. Oettinger, Die Stammbildung des hethitischen Verbums, EUR 22;
• vol. 13, D. Groddek, Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 20, EUR 15;
• vol. 14, D. Groddek, Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 59, EUR 15;
• vol. 15, D. Groddek, Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 51, EUR 15.

Orders may be sent by email to: dbh@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de or by fax to: +49 (0)351-463-371 97. Further information is available from: <http://www.tu-dresden.de/slk/dbh/gesamt.htm>.

Beech Stave Press
Beech Stave Press, Inc., is a new academic press specializing in publications in Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics, and related areas. Ben Fortson is editor-in-chief of Beech Stave Press. To be added to their mailing list to receive notices of new books, send a note to: <orders(at)beechstave(dot)com>. Beech Stave Press publishes H. Craig Melchert’s A Dictionary of the Lycian Language (see below).

CD-ROMs
Though the “New Books” listing is primarily made up of print publications, five recent CD-ROMS are included: Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon, Pape’s Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache, Jacoby’s Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, Isaac’s Place-names in Ptolemy’s Geography, and Moutons Interaktive Einführung in die Historische Linguistik des Deutschen by Donhauser et al.

New Books Listings

Abbreviations used: IBS = Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; IBS-V = Vorträge und kleinere Schriften, a subseries of IBS; IBK = Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft. These are produced by the Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, Universität Innsbruck (formerly Institut für Sprachwissenschaft). Information is now available on the WWW for IBS and IBK at: <http://info.uibk.ac.at/c/c6/c604/verlage.html>. Visa and Mastercard are accepted for orders.

Readers are encouraged to send information on new titles. A number of the following titles may be available for review in the journal Language; interested readers are encouraged to check the listing (with directions) at: <http://www.cas.sc.edu/ling/Language_Book_Reviews.html>. A new listing with directions will be posted in fall.

Aravantinos, Vassilis L., et al. Thèbes: Fouilles de la Cadmée. IV: Les textes de Thèbes (1–433). Translitération et tableaux des scribes. Biblioteca di “Pasiphae.” Pisa/Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2005. xii + 344 pp.; pb; 120 EUR.

Badakhshi, Shah Abdullah. Dictionary of Some Languages and Dialects of Afghanistan. Transliterated, translated, and edited by Hamid Badghisi. JIES Monograph 48. Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of Man, 2004. 258 pp.; pb $48 / hb $68. [This monograph, which was originally compiled in Pashto by Shah Abdullah Badakhshi and published in Kabul in 1960, is made up of a collection of vocabulary items from Pashto, Farsi, Shughni, Sanglichi, Wakhi, Ishkashmi, and Manji, with their English equivalents. A. Richard Diebold has written the introduction.]

Baldi, Philip, and Pietro U. Dini, eds. Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In honor of William R. Schmalstieg.Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 254. Philadelphia and Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004. xlvi + 302 pp.; hb; $126 / EUR 105. [This volume contains twenty-nine papers collected in honor of William Schmalstieg. The full table of contents is accessible on the Benjamins website, <http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/welcome.cgi>.]

Barber, Elizabeth Wayland, and Paul T. Barber. When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the human mind shapes myth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. xv + 290 pp.; hb; $29.95 / £18.95.

Bellwood, Peter, and Colin Renfrew, eds. Examining the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2003. xiv + 505 pp., 82 figs., 25 tables; hb; $85 / £50. [This book includes thirty-six papers from specialists in historical linguistics, molecular genetics, prehistoric archaeology, and human ecology, who approach the farming/language dispersal idea from their own perspectives. The book contains two papers in its introductory section, seven papers in a section on “Setting the Scene for the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis,” and a wide variety of regional studies from around the world, including papers on Europe and India.]

Bergmann, Rolf, ed. Volkssprachig-lateinische Mischtexte und Textensembles in der althochdeutschen, altsächsischen und altenglischen Überlieferung: Mediävistisches Kolloquium des Zentrums für Mittelalterstudien der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg am 16. und 17. November 2001. Germanistische Bibliothek 17. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2004. viii + 503 pp.; EUR 78.

Blake, Barry J., and Kate Burridge, eds. Historical Linguistics 2001: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 13–17 August 2001. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2003. x + 444 pp.; $162 / EUR 135. [A selection of papers from the fifteenth ICHL meeting in Melbourne make up this book, which includes a number of papers on IE languages.]

Boyle, Katie, Colin Renfrew, and Marsha Levine, eds. Ancient Interactions: East and West in Eurasia. Cambridge: McDonald Institute Monographs, 2003. xii + 344 pp., 171 figs., 22 tables; hb; $80 / £45. [This volume, comprising twenty-one papers, arose out of the symposium held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in 2000. The papers are divided into sections on “East of the Urals,” “West of the Urals,” and “Where East Meets West,” and span from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.]

Breatnach, Liam. A Companion to the Corpus Iuris Hibernici. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2005.

Campbell, Lyle. Historical Linguistics: An introduction. 2nd edition. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004. xii + 448 pp.; hb £50 / pb £17.99. [Fifteen chapters comprise this book, which contains expanded explanations and examples beyond the first edition. The new edition also includes updates in view of recent work in linguistics (i.e., a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexical diffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread). —From the publisher’s circular. Note: The paperback is also published by MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., for $38.]

Casabonne, Olivier, and Michel Mazoyer. Studia anatolica et varia: Mélanges offerts au professeur René Lebrun. Vol. 2. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2004.362 pp.; EUR 30.

Curzan, Anne, and Kimberly Emmons, eds. Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding conversations. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. xii + 500 pp.; hb; EUR 94 / $113. [This book includes selected papers from the Studies in the History of the English Language (SHEL-2) meeting held at the University of Washington in 2002. There are four sections, the first is devoted to “Linguistics and philology.”]

Donhauser, Karin, Annette Fischer, and Lars Mecklenburg. Moutons Interaktive Einführung in die Historische Linguistik des Deutschen / The Mouton Interactive Introduction to Historical Linguistics of German. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. CD-ROM. Individual use: EUR 24.95 / $29.95; network license: EUR 498 / ca. $697. [This CD, in German and English, is intended for students of linguistics and those studying German. Audio samples of Old, Middle, and Early New High German texts are provided, with extensive text and graphic material for the three language periods. A demo is available to test this product at no cost, after first registering (see: <http://www.mouton-online.com/histling.php>). This is part of a series of linguistically related media materials from Mouton, which includes A Handbook of Varieties of English (CD-ROM and two books), The Mouton Interactive Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (CD), and the forthcoming Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change (CD-ROM and book).]

Drews, Robert. Early Riders: The beginnings of mounted warfare in Asia and Europe. New York and London: Routledge,2004. 232 pp., 31 illustrations; $90. [Early Riders questions the idea that Eurasian men were riding horses in battle as early as 4000 B.C., and suggests a much later date for proficiency in handling weapons on horseback, drawing on archaeological, iconog-raphic, and textual evidence. An extensive bibliography and many notes are included. —From the publisher’s circular]

Euler, Wolfram. Die Herausbildung von Übergangsdialekten und Sprachgrenzen: Überlegungen am Beispiel des West-germanischen und Nordischen.IBS-V 73.Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2003. 60 pp.; EUR 14.

Foley, John Miles, ed. A Companion to Ancient Epic. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. 696 pp.; $124.95 / £85.00. [Forty-two chapters make up this book, which includes chapters on “The Indo-European Context” by Joshua T. Katz (Princeton University) and “Hittite and Hurrian Epic” by Gary Beckman (University of Michigan).]

Fortson, Benjamin W., IV. Indo-European Language and Culture: An introduction. Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. 488 pp.; hb: $79.95 / £65; pb: $49.95 / £24.99. [A TOC is posted on the publisher’s website. A review is contained in this issue.]

Freu, Jacques. Suppiluliuma et la veuve du pharaon: Histoire d’un mariage manqué. Essai sur les relations égypto-hittites. Collection Kubaba. Série Antiquité. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2004.

Fritz, Matthias, and Ilse Wischer, eds. Historisch-Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft und Germanische Sprachen: 4. Neulandtagung der Historisch-Vergleichenden Sprach-wissenschaft in Potsdam 2001. IBS 113. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2004. 209 pp.; EUR 36.

Galdi, Giovanbattista. 2004. Grammatica delle iscrizioni Latine dell’impero (Province orientali): Morfosintassi nominale. Roma: Herder Editrice, 2004. 539 pp.

Genesin, Monica, and Joachim Matzinger, eds. Albanologische und balkanologische Studien: Festschrift für Wilfried Fiedler. Philologia — Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse 73.Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kova, 2005. 312 pp.

Gérard, Raphaël. Phonétique et morphologie de la langue lydienne. Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters, 2005. 130 pp.; pb; EUR 15.

Groddek, Detlev. Hethitische Texte in Transkription KBo 39. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 11. Dresden: Verlag der TU Dresden, 2004. iv + 378 pp.; pb; EUR 24. [This book is one of a series of books on Hittite from the Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprach-wissenschaft, Institut für Germanistik, Technische Universität Dresden, under Prof. Dr. Johann Tischler. For a full listing of the volumes, see <http://www.tu-dresden.de/slk/dbh/gesamt.htm>. Harrassowitz will be publishing from vol. 16 on.]

———.Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 20. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 13. Dresden: Verlag der TU Dresden, 2004. x + 188 pp.; pb.; EUR 15. [See note under “Announcements” above, as quantities may be limited for this volume.]

———.Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 51. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 15. Dresden: Verlag der TU Dresden, 2004. x + 160 pp.; pb; EUR 15. [See note under “Announcements” above, as quantities may be limited for this volume.]

———. Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 59. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 14. Dresden: Verlag der TU Dresden, 2004. viii + 137 pp.; pb; EUR 15. [See note under “Announcements” above, as quantities may be limited for this volume.]

Groddek, Detlev, and Sylvester Rößle, eds. Šarnikzel: Hethitologische Studien zum Gedenken an Emil Orgetorix Forrer. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 10. Dresden: Verlag der TU Dresden, 2004. 752 pp.; hb; EUR 64.

Harding, D. W. The Iron Age in Northern Britain: Celts and Romans, natives and invaders. New York and London: Routledge,2004. 368 pp.; hb: $132 / pb: $48.95. [This book looks at the effect of the Roman expansion northwards and the response of the native populations to the Roman occupation.]

Hill, Eugen. Untersuchungen zum inneren Sandhi des Indogermanischen: Der Zusammenstoß von Dentalplosiven im Indoiranischen, Germanischen, Italischen und Keltischen. Münchner Forschungen zur historischen Sprachwissenschaft 1. Bremen: Hempen Verlag, 2003. 352 pp. [This monograph, originally a Munich dissertation, discusses the development of DP + DP (DP = Dentalplosiv, dental plosive) in Indo-European languages. The main focus is on Indo-Iranian, Italic, Germanic, and Celtic. Hill largely maintains the traditional views that were already outlined in Brugmann’s Grundriß: *-tt- was realized as /-tst-/ in Indo-European and is manifested in this shape in Anatolian; Sanskrit -tt- is due to the regular loss of -s- in interconsonantal position; -ss- is the regular reflex of DP + DP in Italic, Germanic, and Celtic. The strength of Hill’s book lies in the detailed analysis of apparent exceptions to the main rules. —Alfred Bammesberger]

Hyllested, Adam, et al., eds. Per Aspera ad Asteriscos: Studia Indogermanica in honorem Jens Elmegård Rasmussen sexagenarii Idibus Martiis anno MMIV. IBS 112. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2004. 640 pp.; EUR 120.

Isaac, Graham R. Place-names in Ptolemy’s Geography. Aberystwyth: CMCS Publications, 2004. CD-ROM. £12 / $18. [This CD includes the Antonine Itinerary database as an appendix.]

Jacoby, F. Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker. Leiden: Brill, 2004. CD-ROM. EUR 1,500. [A useful review of this CD appears in BMCR 2005.08.37 by John Marincola, <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-08-37.html>.]

Jasanoff, Jay. Hittite and the Indo-European Verb. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 386 pp., 6 figs.; hb: £50.00 / $74; pb: $39.95. [In 2005, the paperback version was published.]

Jones, Martin, ed. Traces of Ancestry: Studies in honour of Colin Renfrew. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2004. xii + 161 pp., 45 illus., 9 tables; hb; $60 / £30. [Twelve papers make up this publication, several on genetics and language. For two other “Studies in honour of Colin Renfrew” volumes, see the “Publications” link on the McDonald Institute publication site, <http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/>.]

Jordán Cólera, Carlos. Celtibérico. Zaragoza: Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2004.

Kay, Christian J., et al., eds. New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002. Volume 1: Syntax and Morphology. Volume 2: Lexis and Transmission. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 251–252. Philadelphia and Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004. Vol. 1: x + 264 pp., vol. 2: xii+273 pp.; hb; $144 / EUR 120 per volume, or $288 / EUR 240 as a set. [The TOC for each volume is available on the publisher’s website.]

Klingenschmitt, Gert. Aufsätze zur Indogermanistik. Herausgegeben von Michael Janda, Rosemarie Lühr, Joachim Matzinger und Stefan Schaffner. Philologia-Sprach-wissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse 74.Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kova, 2005. 546 pp.

Kobayashi, Masato. Historical Phonology of Old Indo-Aryan Consonants. Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa 42. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2004. vi + 234 pp. [This publication, which includes a foreword by George Cardona, is based on the author’s dissertation from the University of Pennsylvania. A PDF version is available at: <http://hin.osaka-gaidai.ac.jp/~masatok/hpiac_2004.pdf>.]

Koerner, E. F. K. Essays in the History of Linguistics. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 104. Philadelphia and Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004. x + 271 pp.; hb; $119 / EUR 99. [This book contains twelve papers by the author, organized into three sections: “Programmatic Papers in the History of Linguistics,” “Studies in Linguistic Historiography,” and “Sketches historiographical and (auto)biographical.” An addendum to the book contains the full bibliography of Zellig Harris’ writings. The full TOC is available on the publisher’s website.]

Korn, Agnes, and Carina Jahani, eds. The Baloch and Their Neighbours:Ethnic and linguistic contact in Balochistan in historical and modern times. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2004. 380 pp.; EUR 59. [This book includes twenty articles on a variety of topics relating to the current research on Balochi, including the linguistic contact of Balochi and its neighbor languages in the past and present.]

Kozianka, Maria, Rosemarie Lühr, and Susanne Zeilfelder, eds. Indogermanistik – Germanistik – Linguistik: Akten der Arbeitstagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Jena 18.-20.09.2002. Philologia — Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse 63.Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kova, 2004. 670 pp.

Ledo-Lemos, F. J. Femininum Genus: A study on the origins of the Indo-European feminine grammatical gender. Lincom Studies in Indo-European Linguistics 21. Munich: Lincom Europa, 2003. 240 pp.; EUR 68 / $81.60.

Levine, Marsha, Colin Renfrew, and Katie Boyle. Prehistoric Steppe Adaptation and the Horse. Cambridge: McDonald Institute Monographs, 2003. xii + 428 pp., 192 figs., 40 tables; hb; $80 / £45. [This is volume 2 from the Cambridge conference “Late Prehistoric Exploitation of the Eurasian Steppe” held in January 2000. It provides a wide range of papers about horses, including the topics of environment and ecology, horse exploitation on the Eurasian Steppe, and subsistence and the origins of pastoralism. It is distributed by Oxbow Books. —K. Jones-Bley]

Liddell, H. G., and R. Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. 9th edition, with rev. supplement. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.) Bellingham: Logos Bible Software, 2003. Electronic edition by Libronix Digital Library Systems. CD-ROM. $145. [This CD integrates the revised (1996) supplement into the main body of the text. For a very useful review of this CD, Pape’s Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache, and Perseus’ free online Liddell-Scott (1940 edition, accessed from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>), see BMCR 2005.08.45 by Gerald Verbrugghe, <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-08-45.html>. For information on this product, see <www.logos.com/products/details/1772>.]

Lorente Fernández, P. L’aspect verbal en grec ancien: Le choix des thèmes verbaux chez Isocrate. Bibliothèque des Cahiers de l’Institut de Linguistique de Louvain (BCILL) 111. Leuven: Peeters, 2003. 400 pp.; EUR 36.

Luraghi, Silvia. On the Meaning of Prepositions and Cases: The expression of semantic roles in Ancient Greek. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2003. xii + 366 pp.; hb; $138 / EUR 115.

Maggi, Mauro, Carlo Cereti, and Elio Provasi, eds. Religious Themes and Texts of Pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia: Studies in honour of Professor Gherardo Gnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday on 6th December 2002. Beiträge zur Iranistik 24. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2003. 512 pp.; EUR 110. [Forty-one papers are included in this book, along with the complete bibliography of Prof. Gnoli’s works up to 2001. A number of previously unpublished or untranslated religious texts, re-editions, and new translations appear in the book, which encompasses all Old and Middle Iranian languages, as well as New Persian, Ossetic, and other New Iranian languages. —From the publisher’s circular]

Maier, Bernhard. Die Religion der Kelten: Götter – Mythen – Weltbild. 2nd ed. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2004. 252 pp.; hb; EUR 34.90.

Matasović, Ranko. Gender in Indo-European. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2004. Indogermanische Bibliothek, 3. Reihe: Untersuchungen. 252 pp.; EUR 38.

Mayrhofer, Manfred. Die Hauptprobleme der indogermanischen Lautlehre seit Bechtel. Sitzungsberichte, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 709. Vienna: Verl. der Österr. Akad. der Wiss., 2004. 77 pp.; EUR 21.20.

Mazoyer, Michel. Télipinu, le dieu au marécage: Essai sur les mythes fondateurs du royaume hittite. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2003. 394 pp.; EUR 30. [Preface by René Lebrun.]

Meid, Wolfgang. Keltische Personennamen in Pannonien. Archaeolingua series minor 20. Budapest: Archaeolingua, 2005. 352 pp.; EUR 40. [Orders may be sent to: Archaeolingua, H-1250 Budapest, Pf. 41, Hungary; fax: (+361) 3758939; e-mail: <kovacsr(at)archaeolingua(dot)hu>; WWW: <http://www.archaeolingua.hu/>.]

Melchert, H. Craig. A Dictionary of the Lycian Language. Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, 2004. xviii + 138 pp.; pb; $34.95. [This is a revised version of Craig Melchert’s self-published Lycian Lexicon. Every word that occurs in Lycian A and B is cited, along with a gloss, all attested inflectional forms, a list of all the inscriptional citations, grammatical and etymological notes, and references to secondary literature. A grammatical sketch of Lycian and bibliography are also included, along with a glossary of personal names and Milyan. —From the publisher’s circular. Note: This book is published by a new press, Beech Stave Press, <http://www.beechstave.com/>, e-mail: <orders(at)beechstave(dot)com>. If the book is ordered from the publisher and by check, the cost is $29.95.]

Miller, Jared L. Studies in the Origins, Development and Interpretation of the Kizzuwatna Rituals. Studien zu den Bogazköy-Texten 46. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2004. 492 pp.; EUR 98 / sFr 166. [This volume provides transliterations, translations, commentaries, and analyses of all manuscripts of two groups of compositions, those attributed to the “old woman,” Mastigga and those concerning an expansion of the cult of the Deity of the Night. A separate section attempts to define what makes up a Kizzuwatna ritual and how to differentiate between the Hittite, Luwian, and Hurro-Syrian layers. It suggests that the rituals were primarily created by scribes who did not rely on direct observation and recording, but instead relied on their familiarity with current practices. —From the publisher’s circular]

Morgenstierne, Georg, Josef Elfenbein, D. N. MacKenzie, and Nicholas Sims-Williams. A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto. Beiträge zur Iranistik 23. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2003. 148 pp.; EUR 49. [The late D. N. MacKenzie began compiling and editing Morgenstierne’s posthumous writings, and the task was completed by Josef Elfenbein and Nicholas Sims-Williams. The work still remains primarily Morgenstierne’s, but considerable references have been added, particularly with regard to additional information now available on modern Indo-Aryan and Middle Iranian languages.]

Nahl, Astrid van, Lennart Elmevik, and Stefan Brink, eds. Namenwelten: Orts- und Personennamen in historischer Sicht. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2004. xvii + 813 pp.; EUR 198 / sFr 317 / approx. $257. [Papers on place names, personal names, onomastic theory and methodology, and articles on runological topics are contained in this work, which focuses on the German and Scandinavian area.]

Naumann, Hans-Peter, ed. Alemannien und der Norden: Internationales Symposium vom 18.-20. Oktober 2001 in Zürich. Unter Mitw. v. Franziska Lanter und Oliver Szokody. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2004. x + 415 pp.; EUR 98 / $127. [This collection of papers investigates the relations between North Germanic and Alemannic tribes from linguistic and onomasiological aspects, as well as archaeological and runic points of view.]

Pape, Wilhelm. Electronic Edition of Griechisch-Deutsch: Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache. 3rd ed. (1914). Berlin: Digital Bibliothek, 2005. CD-ROM. EUR 45. [See review in BMCR 2005.08.45 by Gerald Verbrugghe, <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-08-45.html>, which discusses this CD, the Liddell and Scott put out by Logos Software, and an earlier edition of Liddell and Scott available on Perseus (<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>) for free.]

Parzinger, Hermann. Die Skythen. Beck’sche Reihe. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2004. 128 pp.; pb; EUR 7.90.

Payne, Annick. Hieroglyphic Luwian. Edited by Reinhard G. Lehmann. Elementa Linguarum Orientis 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2004. xiv + 212 pp.; pb; EUR 29.80 / sFr 52 / $38. [This comprehensive and concise introduction is intended for beginners studying on their own, with no prior knowledge of the subject. It includes a history of the language and its discovery and decipherment, and a concise grammar with original material on Luwian syntax. There are twelve reading exercises so students can gradually expand their knowledge of the common signs and vocabulary. Each text is accompanied by grammatical analysis, commentary, vocabulary notes, and a revision section. An up-to-date vocabulary and complete sign list is included. —From the publisher’s circular]

Penney, J. H. W., ed. Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 618 pp.; hb; £80. [This book contains articles from forty-two IE scholars as tribute to Anna Morpurgo Davies, who retired as the Diebold Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford. Articles are grouped into six areas: Indo-European, Greek, Anatolian, Western Indo-European Languages, Indo-Iranian and Tocharian, and the History of Indo-European Linguistics. A full list of the contents is found on the publisher’s website.]

Phillips, John D. Manx Grammar. Languages of the World/Materials 434. Munich: Lincom Europa, 2004. 140 pp.; pb; EUR 44 / $52.80. [Based on the tape recordings of ten of the last native speakers of Manx, this grammar uses various sources to confirm and supplement the data.]

Poppe, Erich, ed. Keltologie heute: Themen und Fragestellungen. Akten des 3. Deutschen Keltologensymposiums – Marburg, März 2001. Münster: Nodus, 2004. 304 pp.; EUR 47. [This volume contains twenty papers.]

Poschenrieder, Thorwald, ed. Die Indogermanistik und ihre Anrainer: Dritte Tagung der Sprachwissenschaftler der Neuen Länder. Stattgehabt an der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität zu Greifswald in Pommern am 19. und 20. Mai 2000. IBS 114. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2004. 354 pp.; ca. EUR 64.

Press, Ian. Standard Breton. Languages of the World/Materials 440. Munich: Lincom, 2004. 85 pp.; pb; EUR 38 / $45.

———.Standard Lithuanian. Languages of the World/Materials 439. Munich: Lincom, 2004. 65 pp.; pb; EUR 34 / $40.80.

Puhvel, Jaan. Hittite Etymological Dictionary. Volume 6: Words beginning with M. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. 216 pp.; hb; EUR 138 / sFr 221 / approx. $179.

Riemschneider, Kaspar Klaus. Die akkadischen und hethitischen Omentexte aus Bogazköy. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 12. Dresden: Verlag der TU Dresden, 2004. li + 337 pp.; pb; EUR 30.

Roszkowska-Mutschler, Hanna. Hethitische Texte in Transkription KBo 45. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 16. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz in Kommission 2005. xiii + 361 pp.; pb; EUR 34.

Russell, Paul, ed. Yr hen iaith: Studies in early Welsh. Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003.280 pp.; pb;$39.95 / EUR 31.99.

Sanders, Carol, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Saussure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 316 pp.; hb: £45.00 / $75.00; pb: £19.99 / $28.99. [Fifteen articles make up this book, which includes a two-part bibliography and an index of names and concepts. Anna Morpurgo Davies has written the opening article (after the editor’s “Introduction: Saussure today”), entitled “Saussure and Indo-European linguistics” (pp. 9–29).]

Schrijver, Peter, and Peter-Arnold Mumm, eds. Sprachtod und Sprachgeburt. Münchner Forschungen zur historischen Sprachwissenschaft 2. Bremen: Hempen Verlag, 2004. x + 300 pp., pb; EUR 32. [This book contains eleven papers, including: Peter Schrijver, “Der Tod des Festlandkeltischen und die Geburt des Französischen, Niederländischen und Hochdeutschen”; Theo Vennemann, “Sprachgeburt durch Sprachkontakt: Zur Entstehung der germanischen Sprachen”; Wilfried Stroh, “Ein unsterbliches Gespenst: Latein”; Ulrich Schweier, “Die Geburt einer Sakral- und Literatursprache: das Alt-Kirchenslavische.”]

Schumacher, Stefan. Die keltischen Primärverben: Ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon. IBS 110. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2003. 791 pp.; EUR 120.

Schwink, Frederick. The Third Gender: Studies in the origin and history of Germanic grammatical gender. Indogermanische Bibliothek, 3. Reihe: Untersuchungen. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2004. x + 118 pp.; EUR 20.

Smoczyński, Wojciech. Lexikon der alt-preussischen Verben. IBS 117. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2005. 551 pp.; EUR 96.

Soysal, Og’uz. Hattischer Wortschatz in hethitischer Textüberlieferung. Handbuch der Orientalistik 74. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004. xxii + 1029 pp.; hb; EUR 317 / $444. [This book provides an extensive listing of Hattic words based on Hittite written sources, as well as information on the Hattic text corpus and Hattic phonetics, grammar, and semantics. —From the publisher’s circular]

Stuart-Smith, Jane. Phonetics and Philology –Sound Change in Italic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 296 pp.; hb; $74 / £45. [This book focuses on the development of the Proto Indo-European voiced aspirates in the ancient languages of Italy. The author combines the results of a traditional philological investigation with experimental phonetics. —From the publisher’s circular]

Stüber, Karin. Schmied und Frau: Studien zur gallischen Epigraphik und Onomastik. Archaeo-lingua series minor 19. Budapest: Archaeolingua 2005. 125 pp.; EUR 24. [Orders may be sent to: Archaeolingua, H-1250 Budapest, Pf. 41, Hungary; fax: (+361) 3758939; e-mail: <kovacsr(at)archaeolingua(dot)hu; WWW: <http://www.archaeolingua.hu/>.]

Tripathi, Daya Nath, ed. A Discourse on Indo European Languages and Culture: Proceedings of the Seminar on The Homeland of Indo European Languages and Culture Jointly Sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research and the Centre for the Study of Indian Tradition, Madhubani, Held on 7–9 January 2002 at India International Centre, New Delhi. New Delhi: Manak Publications, 2005. xii + 420 pp.; Rs. 1200 / ca. $51. [This volume presents twenty-five papers (originally given at a seminar in New Delhi in 2002), organized into ten sections. Many of the papers question the dispersal theory of languages and focus on the indigenous origin and growth of languages.]

Widmer, Paul. Das Korn des weiten Feldes: Interne Derivation, Derivationskette und Flexionsklassenhierarchie: Aspekte der nominalen Wortbildung im Urindo-germanischen. IBS 111. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2004. 239 pp.; EUR 40.

Winter, Werner. Kleine Schriften/Selected Writings. Herausgegeben von Olav Hackstein. 2 vols. Bremen: Hempen Verlag, 2005. Vol.1: xviii + 543 pp., vol. 2: xi + 385 pp.; EUR 138. [“Tocharisch und Indogermanisch” is the first volume of this set, “Indogermanistik, historisch-vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft und darüber hinaus,” is the second. The latter includes 35 articles on the following fields: (a) Armenian and Indo-European, (b) the Reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European, and (c) Methods of historical linguistics. A detailed index is included at the end of volume 2.]

Wolfram, Herwig. Gotische Studien: Volk und Herrschaft im Frühen Mittelalter. Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck, 2005. pb; 352 pp.; EUR 68

Woodard, Roger, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 1000 pp., 51 figures, 5 maps, 98 tables; hb; $150. [Each chapter focuses on an individual language or, in some cases, a set of closely related varieties of a language. They include a description of the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon of a language, and places it within its linguistic and historic context. —From the publisher’s circular.]

Woudhuizen, Fred C. Luwian Hieroglyphic Monumental Rock and Stone Inscriptions from the Hittite Empire Period.IBK 116. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, 2004. 203 pp.; EUR 48.

Zeilfelder, Susanne. Hittite Exercise Book. English version by Esther-Miriam Wagner. Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 17. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz in Kommission 2005. viii + 309 pp.; pb; EUR 29.