Re: [tied] Lithuanian again

Stang, Christian S. (1966), Vergleichende Grammatik der Baltischen Sprachen. Oslo, Bergen, Tromsö.

If you're familiar with Italian there's also this book: Pietro Umberto Dini, Le lingue baltiche.

Simona

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From: cybalist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Jarrette
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 3:36 AM
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Subject: [tied] Lithuanian again

Seeing as no one came forth with any recommendations, let me reissue my request with the addendum that books written in German or French are also welcome -- are books about Lithuanian really rare?

Andrew

Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...> wrote:

Can anyone recommend to me a good book which describes the phonological processes that have occurred in Lithuanian, and which would be readily available at any library or university? I especially want to know about the change of IE *ei and *oi to ie in most words but to ei and ai in some words, and whether IE *eu regularly became iau or rather simply au. I also would like a better understanding of the accentual system and its origins, and what it says about the former presence of laryngeals, contraction, elision, etc., especially in grammatical morphemes (as opposed to lexical morphemes). Also whether o always goes back to *a: (*eh2) or not sometimes to *o: or an *o: due to Winter's Law.

Thanks,

Andrew