Indogermanistik

Indo-European studies began with work undertaken by Friedrich Schlegel (1808). A few decades later Franz Bopp published the first introduction to the new subject with Part 1 of his "Comparative Grammar" (1833). Since then Indo-European studies have yielded a wealth of research material, from monumental works stretching to several volumes, to short elementary volumes; the last known book to be published was in 2007! The milestones in IEs almost two hundred year old history are the major works which were published at intervals almost a generation apart, beginning with Bopps book (1833f.), then August Schleichers "Compendium" (1st edition 1861) and Karl Brugmanns ever-popular seminal work "Grundriß" (1893 -1916), through to the great modern works such as T. V. Gamkrelidze and V. V. Ivanovs "Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans" which was first published in Russian (1964) then in English(1995). There are a large number of introductory books in this field of studies, the best possibly being by the American B. W. Fortson IV (2004).