Good books on IE linguistics

[Ulrike Meinhof]

I'm getting increasingly annoyed with my limited knowledge of Indo-European linguistics and I feel like it's time to read up a bit on it, just so I won't be lost when people talk about whoever's law and this and that development in the palatal series in Italic and whatever. So, and this has probably been asked before but I can't find it, what are some good introductory books on IE? Or just one.

One that

- is reasonably up to date,
- assumes the reader knows linguistic terminology etc,
- covers all branches of IE,
- is not an introduction to historical linguistics in general with some IE as a bonus,

and in order of preference

- in Swedish,
- in French, or
- in English.

Thanks.

[WeepingElf]

The best book I know on this matter is Indo-European Language and Culture by Benjamin W. Fortson IV.

[Drydic]

How's your German? *chokes on a noun compound 267 letters long*

[Sleinad Flar]

The best book I know on this matter is Indo-European Language and Culture by Benjamin W. Fortson IV.

Seconded. This covers all the wishes of the OP.

[Ulrike Meinhof]

The best book I know on this matter is Indo-European Language and Culture by Benjamin W. Fortson IV.

Seconded. This covers all the wishes of the OP.

Thank you both! It does indeed seem like a good introduction, and beyond what it covers I suppose you just have to look up the literature on the individual branches for more detailed descriptions.

[Morrígan]

That particular one isn't my favorite, but I also didn't get to look at it in so much detail (got it on loan, only had a couple of weeks). I'm personally very fond of the classic Beekes, and Michael Meier Brügger's Indo-European Linguistics

Also, I have a number of books, including Forston, here:
http://haedusfc.no-ip.org/files/books/

Sometimes I have to take the server down at night (-5 GMT) but I try to keep it up as much as possible.

[Morrígan]

Also, I should add that Don Ringe's From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic is awesome in general, and it starts with a really good, concise overview of the current view on PIE. It also includes *a and *ā, but he does discuss the problem of how few words would actually need these phonemes.

[Basilius]

Goatface: I owe you an award :) (Dunno what it could be like, but anyway.)

[Salmoneus]

Also, I should add that Don Ringe's From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic is awesome in general, and it starts with a really good, concise overview of the current view on PIE. It also includes *a and *ā, but he does discuss the problem of how few words would actually need these phonemes.

I have the google books version of its section on PIE derivational morphology bookmarked...

[Morrígan]

Oh, I also just discovered that I had Clackson's Indo-European Linguistics too.