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Hermann Osthoff (1847–1909) and Karl Brugmann (1849–1919) were central figures in the circle of German scholars who rejected a doctrinal approach to the study of linguistics. They came to be known as the Neogrammarian school. At the core of their work was the theory that European languages, together with a subset of languages found in central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a single prehistoric language. They called this ancestor Indo-Germanic (known today as Indo-European) and claimed that its descendants are all related to one another by varying degrees of closeness. This six-volume elaboration of this thesis was published between 1878 and 1910. Volume 4 (1881) is devoted entirely to Osthoff's study of vowel gradation in Indo-European languages. He makes it clear that his recent research on vowels has led him to revise his earlier views.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Historical & comparative linguistics

• Full title: Morphologische Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen
• Author: Hermann OsthoffKarl Brugmann
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444
• EAN: 9781108063005
• ISBN: 1108063004
• ID: 02059461
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 560 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. February 2014

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