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OSTHOFF, H. and BRUGMANN, K., Morphologische Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen: Volume 4. Cambridge University Press, 2014. 444p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics. 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. (Publisher's information). € 41.26 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9781108063005