Indo-European Studies Between Linguistics and Philology

The Indo-European language family comprises ten primary branches (Anatolian, Tocharian, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Albanian, Greek, Armenian, and Indo-Iranian). The academic study of these languages together as a group may be said to begin in 1816, and the method of linguistic reconstruction still in use crystallised in the second half of the 19th century. The 20th and early 21st centuries saw the discovery of the Tocharian and Anatolian branches, as well as a number of changes and refinements in theory. What is the situation of these studies today, and where are they (~should they be) going?



As a Lunch Table event, members of the Cluster are invited to join Tim for lunch in Hall at 12.30. The talk, beginning at 1.15 in the Levett Room, is catered with tea/coffee and cakes (all welcome).