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The Early History of Indo-European Languages.

Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.; Ivanov, V. V. – Scientific American, 1990

The relationship between Eastern and Western languages is explored. Possible origins and the spread of language over the Eurasian land mass are discussed. (CW)

Descriptors: Evolution, Indo European Languages, Language Patterns, Language Universals

Comparative Linguistics: Scientific Approach to Word Power.

Peer reviewed

Guerin, Clark L. – Science Activities, 1981

Discusses how linguists determine relationships of languages and group them into a family. Presents a crossword puzzle as a student activity, suitable for science and other classes, to determine the Indo-European roots of English words by a comparative method. (SK)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Indo European Languages, Language Classification, Language Patterns