Re: [tied] Reading list.

I'd add a few more books that can be recommended to anyone interested more generally in historical linguistics and its methods, language comparison, and linguistic evolution and classification (of course, they cover IE as well):

Anttila, Raimo. 1989. _Historical and Comparative Linguistics_. Amsterdam & New York: Benjamins.

Campbell, Lyle. 1998. _Historical Linguistics: An Introduction_. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press/Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Hock, Hans Heinrich. 1986. _Principles of Historical Linguistics_. Berlin, New York & Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter.

Lass, Roger. 1997. _Historical Linguistics and Language Change_. Cambridge: CUP.

Trask, R.L., 1996. _Historical Linguistics_. London: Arnold.

One ought to read at least one of them, if not all.

Some older books are also worth reading, e.g.

Sturtevant, Edgar H. 1947. _Introduction to Linguistic Science_. New Haven: Yale University Press.

(great entertainment value)

Piotr

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Anne Lambert: > Any suggestions for a reading list? R.S.P. Beekes, _Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction_. D.Q. Adams, J.P. Mallory, _Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture_. There are a number of other works, but these are the best start. EIEC is expensive (and rather shoddily bound). For myself, Beekes requires several readings, and I'm still in the dark in some respects. You can also subscribe to the Journal of Indo-European Studies (JIES).