Books by Maurice Bloomfield

Friedrich Hrozny believes that Hittite is an Indo-European language. On face value, Hrzony makes a strong case. However, Maurice Bloomfield is not entirely convinced by Hrozny's evidence that Hittite belongs to this etymological group.

Bloomfield lists and discusses instances of vague and ambiguous mood usages in early Sanskrit syntax.

Maurice Bloomfield discusses a variety of then-current issues in the study of Sanskrit literature and Indian culture.

Maurice Bloomfield was a great authority on Sanskrit literature and comparative linguistics, applies the principles of linguistics to rationalize certain irregular forms in a variety of languages.

Maurice Bloomfield, a great authority on Sanskrit literature and comparative linguistics, applies the principles of linguistics to explain the recessive accent of Greek verbs in terms of Indo-European.

Maurice Bloomfield applies the principles of linguistics to find the proper root forms for Ancient Greek words, a task complicated by the vowel shift that occurs when Greek words (particularly verbs) are inflected.

Frontmatter -- PART I. THE ATHARVA-VEDA IN GENERAL -- PART II. THE REDACTION AND EXTERNAL FORM OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA IN THE SCHOOL OF SAUNAKA -- PART III. CONTENTS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA IN THE SAUNAKIYA-SCHOOL -- PART IV. THE GOPATHA-BRÄHMANA -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. SANSKRIT INDEX -- II. GENERAL INDEX