Proceedings of the Tenth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, May 21-23, 1998

Book excerpt: IntroductionLINGUISTIC INVESTIGATIONS:Calvert Watkins: A Celtic MiscellanyVyacheslav Vs. Ivanov: Palatalization and Labiovelars in LuwianDarya Kavitskaya: Vowel Epenthesis and Syllable Structure in HittiteIlya Yakubovich: ?Stative? Suffix /ai a/ in the Verbal System of old IndicCarol F. Justus: The Arrival of Italic and Germanic `have? in Late Indo EuropeanApostolos N. Athanassakis: ?keanos Mythic and Linguistic OriginsMartin E. Huld: IE `bear? Ursus arctos, Ursa Major, and Ursa minor.STUDIES IN POETIC DICTION:Dean Miller: Kings Communicating - Royal Speech and the Fourth FunctionThomas R. Walsh: Towards the Poetics of Potions - Helen's Cup and Indo European ComparandaRalph Gallucci: Studies in Homeric Epic TraditionEdwin D. Floyd: Cometas, On Lazarus?A Resurrection of Indo European Poetics?INDO EUROPEAN EXPANSION:Edwin F. Bryant: The Indo Aryan Invasion Debate?The Logic of the ResponseJeannine Davis Kimball: Priestesses, Enarees, and Other Statuses among Indo Iranian PeoplesAndrew Sherratt: Echoes of the Big Bang?The Historical Context of Language Dispersal.