Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989. — xvi, 300 p. — (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 41). — ISBN: 9780899255217.
Proceedings of the workshop "Reconstructions of the Proto-Indo-European Sound System and Their Consequences" held during the Seventh International Conference on Historical Linguistics (Sept. 9-13, 1985, University of Pavia).
Contents: Comments on reconstructions in historical linguistics / Konrad Koerner -- Reconstruction and historical linguistics (discussion of Koerner's paper) / Pierre Swiggers -- The nature of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals / R.S.P. Beekes -- The laryngeal theory and the phonology of prehistoric Greek / Alfred Bammesberger -- Laryngeal metathesis : an Aryan peculiarity? / Leo A. Connolly -- Against a Proto-Indo-European phoneme *a / Alexander Lubotsky -- Monophthongizations : more plausible than laryngeals! / William R. Schmalstieg -- On (the nature of) Proto-Indo-European laryngeals (discussion of Bammesberger's and Beekes's papers) / Pierre Swiggers -- Remarks on R.S.P. Beekes, 'The nature of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals' / Paul J. Hopper -- Historical Italic phonology in typological perspective / Philip Baldi, Ruth Johnston-Staver -- Lachmann's law / Frederik Kortlandt -- Phonological and morphological consequences of the 'glottalic theory' / Theo Vennemann -- Language typology and Indo-European reconstruction / Thomas V. Gamkrelidze -- Sound change typology and the 'ejective model' / Michael Job -- Neue Forschungen zur germanischen Lautverschiebung--ein Fall von Paradigmenwechsel? / Richard Schrodt -- Die Tenues Aspiratae : Dreiteilung oder Vierteilung des indogermanischen Plosivsystems und die Konsequenzen dieser Frage für die Chronologie einer Glottalreihe / Jens Elmegård Rasmussen -- Towards a characterization of the Proto-Indo-European sound system / Pierre Swiggers -- The Indo-European obstruent features and phonotactic constraints / Eric Hamp -- Latin phonology and the 'glottalic model' (discussion of Baldi/Johnston-Staver's, Kortlandt's, and Vennemann's papers) / Pierre Swiggers -- Remarks on Baldi/Johnston-Staver, 'Historical Italic phonology in typological perspective' / Paul J. Hopper -- Remarks on F. Kortlandt, 'Lachmann's law' / Paul J. Hopper -- Letter to Theo Vennemann / Claude Boisson --
Reply to Claude Boisson's remarks / Theo Vennemann -- Remarks on T.V. Gamkrelidze, 'Language typology and Indo-European reconstruction' / Paul J. Hopper -- Indo-European consonant shifts : algebra, arithmetic, or normal science? (discussion of Job's and Schrodt's papers) / Theo Vennemann -- Remarks on J.E. Rasmussen, ' Die Tenues Aspiratae : Dreiteilung oder Vierteilung des indogermanischen Plosivsystems und die Konsequenzen dieser Frage für die Chronologie einer Glottalreihe' / Paul J. Hopper -- Erwiderung auf Paul J. Hoppers 'Remarks' / Jens Elmegård Rasmussen -- 'Das Arlbergmodell'--ein Discussionsbeitrag / Michael Back -- Lettre aux participants de l'Atelier sur l'indo-européen du Congrès de Pavie / Claude Boisson.