book about the sound laws of Indo-European

From: Andy Howey
Message: 28817
Date: 2003-12-28

Hello, all:

Is anyone familiar with the following book title? It purports to list and detail the sound laws of Indo-European (Brugmann's, Grassman's, Sievers', and a whole bunch more that I hadn't heard of before), and I was wondering if it's worthwhile.

Title: The Laws of Indo-European
Author: N.E. Collinge
ISBN: 0 915027 75 5

Did Saussure and Meillet actually publish "laws"? If so, and if everything else listed in the TOC is valid, this may well turn out to be a worthwile acquisition. Any information about this book, or similar ones, would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get a better understanding of Indo-European sound laws in order to understand PIE and the daughter languages better.

Andy Howey