Foundations of Old Prussian

Pietro U. Dini is professor of Baltic philology, Lithuanian language and culture, and general linguistics and translation studies at the University of Pisa.

Foundations of Old Prussian: Philology and Linguistics is the most comprehensive reference work ever published on Old Prussian, the only Western Baltic language known to us by written texts. Closely related to Lithuanian and Latvian, Old Prussian was spoken until the 17th century in East Prussia, around the city of Königsberg, and survives through a small number of texts. This book provides authoritative treatment of the language and its cultural environment by leading Balticist Pietro U. Dini, throwing light on its main linguistic structures and outlining the specific features of its written documentation.

• Chapter 1Old Prussian and the PrussiansChapter 2Prelude to Prussian Linguistics (16th–20th Century)Chapter 3Old Prussian CorpusChapter 4An Outline of Old Prussian GrammarChapter 5The Old Prussian LexiconChapter 6Old Prussian “Minor” TextsChapter 7Old Prussian Texts: The VocabulariesChapter 8Old Prussian Texts: The TracesChapter 9Old Prussian Texts: The Small CatechismsChapter 10Old Prussian Texts: The EnchiridionChapter 11Old Prussian OnomasticsChapter 12Examples of Old Prussian Texts