| Comparison and Gradation in Indo-European The ability to compare is fundamental to human cognition. Expressing various types of comparison is thus essential to any language. The present volume presents detailed grammatical descriptions of how comparison and gradation are expressed in ancient Indo-European languages. The detailed chapters devoted to the individual languages go far beyond standard handbook knowledge. Each chapter is structured the same way to facilitate cross-reference and (typological) comparison. The data are presented in a top-down fashion and in a format easily accessible to the linguistic community. Götz Keydana, Georg-August-University Göttingen; Wolfgang Hock, Humboldt-University Berlin; Paul Widmer, University of Zurich. |