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Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples
Author Sims-Williams, Nicholas (編) ; British Academy (撰稿)
Date2002
Pages296
PublisherOxford University Press
Publisher Url https://corp.oup.com/
LocationOxford, UK [牛津, 英國]
SeriesProceedings of the British Academy
Series No.116
Content type論文集=Collected Papers
Language英文=English
NoteNicholas Sims-Williams is a Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies, SOAS; and Fellow of the British Academy.
AbstractThe exciting recent developments in our understanding of the history of the Indo-Iranian languages and their speakers are surveyed and assessed by a group of internationally renowned linguists and archaeologists.

In the last few years the materials available for the study of the older Indo-Iranian languages have increased dramatically: there have been sensational discoveries of birch-bark scrolls bearing Buddhist texts in the Gandhari language of north-west India, and of leather documents in Bactrian, the ancient language of northern Afghanistan. Previously known data has been exploited in new ways using innovative techniques for compiling, manipulating and disseminating electronic text and digital images. And archaeological finds in India, Pakistan and Central Asia, including the 'Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex', have given rise to new hypotheses concerning the history and pre-history of the Indo-Iranian peoples.

The volume also pays tribute to the pioneer work of the great philologist Sir Harold Bailey (1899-1996).
Table of contentsHunting the hapax: Sir Harold W. Bailey (1899-1996), Ronald E. Emmerick
Archaeological Models and Asian Indo-Europeans, J.K. Mallory
The Nuristani Languages, Asko Parpola
Gandhari and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages in the Light of Newly-Discovered Karosthi Manuscripts, Richard Salomon
Pali and the Languages of Early Buddhism, K.R. Norman
The Vocabulary of Buddhist Sanskrit: Problems and Perspectives, O Von Hin"uber
The Avestan Language and its Problems, Jost Gippert
Scythian Elements in Old Iranian, Alexander Lubotsky
Regional Interaction in Central Asia and Northwest India in the Kidarite and Hephthalite Periods, Frantz Grenet
Ancient Afghanistan and its Invaders: Linguistic Evidence from the Bactrian Documents and Inscriptions, Nicholas Sims-Williams
Tocharian and Indo-Iranian: Relations between Two Linguistic Areas, Georges-Jean Pinault
Professor Sir Harold Bailey: An Appreciation, Ilya Gershevitch
ISBN9780197262856 (hbc); 0197262856 (hbc)
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