Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon

In this substantial volume, Kloekhorst, a comparative linguist who's part of the Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project, presents a revision of his PhD dissertation carried out at Leiden U., The Netherlands. As preparation for the dictionary which forms the bulk of the volume, Kloekhorst presents a systematic and thorough discussion of the phonetic and phonological interpretation of Hittite orthography and a discussion of the historical morphology. Overviews of the sound laws that occurred between the reconstructed PIE mother language and Hittite of the Hittite nominal system are discussed and a morphological interpretation of the Hittite verbal system is described at length. The general introduction discusses the history of the study of Hittite and the texts. The dictionary presents etymological treatment of all relevant Hittite words, with discussion and analysis of different interpretations. A full bibliography is included. As is typical for this publisher, this is a beautifully produced and bound book. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)