Nominal and verbal morphology
Volume II of this Manual deals with Indo European nominal and verbal morphology; the morphology of the pronouns will be dealt with in volume III. The treatment of nominal and verbal morphology is preceded by an introduction in which the authors present their theory of root formation in Indo European and their view of particular, idiosyncratic grammatical mechanisms. The description and reconstruction of the respective word classes follows the procedure based on F.R. Adrados' theory of the gradual dialectalization of Indo European. The starting point is the reconstruction of nominal and verbal morphology at the level of "Indo European III" i.e. the linguistic stage following the separation of the Anatolian group from the rest of Indo European. Subsequently, a description is offered of the situation of "Indo European II" i.e. the linguistic stage prior to the separation of the Anatolian languages. Finally, a reconstruction of "Indo European I" the pre inflectional stage of Indo European, is attempted.