Monday, July 13, 2009

Assignment 4 Reminder: IE Roots

Part one: Choose a short literary text or passage of scripture. Look up the Indo-European roots of at least 5 words in the text/passage, and discuss insights that you gain from the "family history" of the words.

Part two: Write a proverb or a short poem in Proto-Indo-European, using Indo-European roots, language features, and cultural formulas. Give an inter-linear gloss of the elements of your text, as in the Becker book, and then give a paraphrased translation into English.

You can find the American Heritage Dictionary online at bartleby.com, or you can use it at the reference section of the BYU library.

Part three: Finish reading Becker 261-294. Start reading Watkins 297-438.

Have fun!

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