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...had gotten so far in your planning as to examine the available course-books, you would have been in for nasty surprise. Prior to 2004 there was no suitable book available. All of the candidates were seriously flawed either by inaccuracy, idiosyncrasy, impenetrability, or some combination of all three. With the publication of Benjamin Fortson's new book, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, all that has changed. Finally, there is a reliable, engaging and accessible presentation of the communis opinio. And there are even exercises!

Fortson covers a wide range of material in the book, not only the traditional highlights (the comparative method, the Indo-European family, an outline of PIE phonology, morphophonemics, the verb, the noun, pronouns, detailed character sketches of the major branches) but also some matters not normally taken up in similar books. There is an excellent chapter on PIE syntax (ch. 8, pp. 137-52) that presents the major issues with clarity and concision, even touching on the interesting but barely studied (in traditional IE circles) phonology-syntax interface. The other innovative chapter is one devoted to PIE culture and the archaeology of the Indo-European homeland question. This...

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