Lockwood W.B. A Panorama of Indo-European Languages

Hutchinson, 1972. — 291 p.In compiling the present account of the Indo-European languages, I have in a literal sense been writing for myself. I have often wished for a volume which would both illustrate the salient features of the languages in question and at the same time provide summary information on their external history. In short, I missed what might be called an elementary background book. This I now attempt to supply, the aim being to include every known Indo-European language, past and present, and so to provide a volume which may have something of the character of a work of reference. Unless otherwise stated, population statistics refer to 1966. In assembling the material many hundreds of sources have been consulted over the years, but it seemed to offer no special advantage to reproduce this unwieldy bibliography here. The enquirer seeking further details will best turn to his library catalogue.