Salmons J.S. The Glottalic Theory: Survey and Synthesis

Institute for the Study of Man, 1993. — viii + 88 p.Journal of Indo-European Studies, Monograph No. 10
Contents of the Book
The prehistory of the glottalic theory
The glottalic theory:
Classic statements of the theory;
Critical responses;
Refinements & additional variants.
Implications of the glottalic theory:
Reformulating some laws of ie;
Dialectal developments;
Distant genetic relationships;
Key issues and some middle ground:
The traditional plain voiced series;
The traditional voiced aspirate series;
The chronological solution:
On the role of typology in reconstruction;
Theoretical issues;
Phonetics & phonology in reconstruction;
A note on linguistic methodology;
Summary, conclusion, and outlook