Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples (Proceedings of the British Academy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197262856 ISBN 13: 9780197262856

Publisher: British Academy, 2003

Synopsis

The exciting recent developments in our understanding of the history of the Indo-Iranian languages and their speakers are surveyed and assessed by a group of internationally renowned linguists and archaeologists. In the last few years the materials available for the study of the older Indo-Iranian languages have increased dramatically: there have been sensational discoveries of texts in the ancient languages of northwest India and northern Afghanistan. Previously known data has been exploited in new ways using innovative techniques for compiling, manipulating and disseminating electronic text and digital images. And archaeological finds in India, Pakistan and Central Asia have given rise to new hypotheses concerning the history and pre-history of the Indo-Iranian peoples.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas Sims-Williams is a Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies, SOAS; and Fellow of the British Academy.

Review:

Sir Harold would no doubt have delighted in reading every article within this excellent collection. * Almut Hintze, Springer Scientce and Business Media *

About this edition

• Publisher: British Academy
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0197262856
• ISBN 13: 9780197262856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Sims-Williams Nicholas