Re[2]: [tied] meillet

At 5:03:36 AM on Monday, December 22, 2003, P&G wrote:

>> Winfred Lehmann: "Historical Linguistics: an
>> introduction" and "Theoretical bases of Indo-European
>> languages".

> The second book is well worth while. It outlines some of
> the main areas of debate remaining in PIE linguistics,
> with suggestions for solutions. In the process it gives a
> good overview of PIE. I am ashamed to admit I don't know
> the first book, but I don't think there's any reason to be
> cautious about Lehmann. His scholarship is sound, and
> speculation is clearly marked as speculation.

His introductory historical linguistics text is worth
reading, but it's a bit dense in spots; for an introduction
I prefer Larry Trask's, which also has more non-IE
exemplification.

Brian