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Classic Monographs of the LSA
Though dating from a different era in Linguistics, these works are still useful and offer valuable insights to those working in historical linguistics with a focus on Germanic and the Classical languages, and Indo-European linguistics more generally. Available elsewhere only more expensively or not at all, these historic volumes may be obtained from the LSA for $10 each. Shipping and handling is $2 additional per item for U.S. shipping addresses, $4 per item for overseas address. Click here to download an order form. (PDF)
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The Athetized Lines of the Iliad, by George Melville Bolling. Special Publications of the Linguistic Society of America, 1944.
George Melville Bolling (1871-1963), a noted classical philologist and linguist at The Ohio State University, was a signer of the Call which led to the founding of the Linguistic Society of America, and was editor of the LSA's publications, including its journal, Language, during its first fifteen years of existence. The Athetized Lines of the Iliad is Bolling's attempt to establish an edition of the work that would have been current in sixth century Athens and which contemporary Athenians would have known.
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A Comparative Germanic Grammar, by E. Prokosch. (William Dwight Whitney Linguistic Series). Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America, 1939.
Eduard Prokosch (1876-1938) was a historical linguist specializing in Proto-Germanic studies. A Comparative Germanic Grammar was his most influential and groundbreaking work. Written while he was Sterling Professor of Germanic Languages at Yale University, it was published the year after the author's death in an automobile accident. The book is of interest to all scholars in Germanic studies, particularly students, who will find here a comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of the Germanic languages.
"Prokosch … is something every Germanist needs to have in his/her library …" Stephen R. Anderson, Dorothy R. Diebold Professor of Linguistics, Yale University, and former LSA President.
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The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin, by Edgar H. Sturtevant, 2nd edition. (William Dwight Whitney Linguistic Series). Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America, 1940.
Edgar H. Sturtevant (1875–1952), a linguist at Yale University, was on the organizing committee in 1924 for the founding, with Leonard Bloomfield and George M. Bolling, of the Linguistic Society of America. A noted scholar of Anatolian languages, particularly Hittite, he also worked in other classical languages as well as Native American languages and Modern American English dialects. The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin, is an early treatment of the question of contemporary pronunciation of Ancient Greek and Latin, based on evidence from later phonological developments, orthography, grammatical literature, contemporary etymologies, music, and verse, among other factors. Latin and Greek sound systems are treated diachronically; regional accents, pitch and stress are given their due.
