The case for early proto-Indo European speakers in Anatolia: A look at the evidence

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" The case for early proto-Indo European speakers in Anatolia: A look at the evidence "
Cheryl McKnight B. Mohr

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	52816
Doc. No	:	TL22770
Call number	:	‭1440191‬
Main Entry	:	Cheryl McKnight
Title & Author	:	The case for early proto-Indo European speakers in Anatolia: A look at the evidence\ Cheryl McKnight
College	:	California State University, Dominguez Hills
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	32
Abstract	:	In 1786, Sir William Jones announced that through the comparison of cognates (meaning pairs/sets of words descended from a common ancestor) he had discovered that Sanskrit was related to Greek and Latin, giving rise to the science of linguistics in its present form. Since that time, linguists have attempted to develop a family tree of languages with the branch labeled "Indo-European" as the ancestor of present day English. Although many linguists trace Indo European languages to Kurgan horsemen living in the South of Russia about 4,000 B.C., other theories suggest that a proto-Indo-European tongue was spoken in Anatolia before 6,000 B.C. by Neolithic farmers. This paper investigates data from fields as diverse as evolutionary biology, archaeology, and geology. The evidence does not support the hypothesis that Indo-European was spread from Anatolia by farmers but indicates that Indo-European was most likely spread by people from the South of Russia with a mixed farming and pastoral economy.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Language, literature and linguistics; Turkey; Ancient languages; Linguistics; Archaeology; 0289:Ancient languages; 0324:Archaeology; 0290:Linguistics
Added Entry	:	B. Mohr
Added Entry	:	California State University, Dominguez Hills