Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 19 - Paperback

by Birgit Anette Olsen (Editor), Michaël Peyrot (Editor), Georges-Jean Pinault (Editor)

Tocharian and Indo-European Studies is the central publication for the study of two closely related languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B. Found in many Buddhist manuscripts from central Asia, Tocharian dates back to the second half of the first millennium of the Common Era, though it was not discovered until the twentieth century. Focusing on both philological and linguistic aspects of this language, Tocharian and Indo-European Studies also looks at it in relationship to other Indo-European languages.

Author Biography

Birgit Anette Olsen is professor of Indo-European linguistics in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. Her publications concern the Classical Armenian language and nominal word formation in Indo-European languages. Michaël Peyrot is a postdoctoral researcher on Tocharian and Indo-European linguistics at the University of Vienna. Georges-Jean Pinault is director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris.