Based on a conference, "Language and Meter in Diachrony and Synchrony," which was held from September 2nd-4th, 2013, at the Department of Historical and Indo-European Linguistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface and Acknowledgements / Olav Hackstein -- Introduction / Dieter Gunkel and Olav Hackstein -- Die Iguvinischen Tafeln als kunstprosaischer Text: der Status der Parallelismen1 / Emmanuel Dupraz -- Phonological Evidence for Pāda Cohesion in Rigvedic Versification / Dieter Gunkel and Kevin M. Ryan -- Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά and the Form of the Homeric Word for ‘Goddess’* / Joshua T. Katz -- Indo-European Origins of the Greek Hexameter / Paul Kiparsky -- Silbenstruktur und Metrik: Neues zum Altavestischen / Martin Joachim Kümmel -- Contraintes métriques et innovation syntaxique en grec homérique : l’exemple de κάμνω et des composés en -κμητος / Claire Le Feuvre -- Zur germanischen Stabreimtechnik / Rosemarie Lühr -- Lautliche Aspekte tocharischer Dichtersprache / Melanie Malzahn -- Métrique italique archaïque. Poésie sud-picénienne et inscription latine de Duenos / Vincent Martzloff -- From Proto-Indo-European to Italic Meter* / Angelo O. Mercado -- The Homeric Formulary Template and a Linguistic Innovation in the Epics / Alan J. Nussbaum -- A Comparison of the Tocharian A and B Metrical Traditions* / Michaël Peyrot -- Vom lyrischen zum epischen Vers: Der Hexameter und seine orale Vorgeschichte / Eva Tichy -- Unmetrical Verses in Homer / Martin West -- Aðalhending, cynghanedd und kenganez: Kultur- und Sprachkontakt im Insularen Raum / Paul Widmer.

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In Language and Meter , Dieter Gunkel and Olav Hackstein unite fifteen linguistic studies on a variety of poetic traditions, including the Homeric epics, the hieratic hymns of the Ṛgveda, the Gathas of the Avesta, early Latin and the Sabellic compositions, Germanic alliterative verse, Insular Celtic court poetry, and Tocharian metrical texts. The studies treat a broad range of topics, including the prehistory of the hexameter, the nature of Homeric formulae, the structure of Vedic verse, rhythm in the Gathas, and the relationship between Germanic and Celtic poetic traditions. The volume contributes to our understanding of the relationship between language and poetic form, and how they change over time.

Articles chiefly in English, with some text in German and French.

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