EBOOK Jacob Wackernagel, Lectures on Syntax:With Special Reference to Greek, Latin, and Germanic

This book is an English version of two series of highly acclaimed introductory        lectures given by the great Swiss linguist and classical philologist Jacob        Wackernagel (1853-1938) at the University of Basle in 1918-19 on aspects of Greek,        Latin, and German as languages. Out of print in German since 1996, these lectures        remain the best available introduction, in any language, not only to Greek, Latin,        and comparative syntax but also to many topics in the history and pre-history        ofGreek and Latin, and their relations with other languages. Other subjects, such as        the history of grammatical terminology, are also brilliantly dealt with. This new        edition supplements the German original by providing a translation of all quotations        and examples, a large number of detailed footnotesoffering background information        and suggestions for further reading, and a single bibliography which brings together        Wackernagel's references and those added in the notes.