Catalogue of Mann Collection, SSEES Library

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Catalogue of Mann Collection - MAN/3/1-MAN/3/17 item descriptions

MAN/3/1 - "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume A-GUM (1980)

Previous number: part of item 18

Contents: this bound annotated typescript "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume A-GUM) was the product of many years work by Mann. In the introduction at the beginning of this volume he states that he has been working on this dictionary since 1925. The Indo-European language was the point of departure around 4000-4500 years ago from which many European and Asian languages evolved.

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/2 - "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume GHA-KUONK (1980)

Previous number: part of item 18

Contents: bound annotated typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume GHA-KUONK).

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/3 - "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume LA-PUR/PHUT (1980)

Previous number: part of item 18

Contents: bound annotated typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume LA/PUR/PHUT).

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/4 - "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume QUA-STHU (1980)

Previous number: part of item 18

Contents: bound annotated typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume QUA/STHU).

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/5 - "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume SU-end (1980)

Previous number: part of item 18

Contents: bound annotated typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume SU-end).

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/6 - Draft of "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume A-KABH R (circa) (1980)

Previous number: part of item 17

Contents: typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume A-KABH R). This volume is probably part of an earlier draft (along with MAN/3/7-MAN/3/8) of the longer and more detailed dictionary contained in MAN/3/1-MAN/3/5.

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/7 - Draft of "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume KABHU-QUALIK (circa) (1980)

Previous number: part of item 17

Contents: typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume KABHU-QUALIK). This volume is probably part of an earlier draft (along with MAN/3/6 & MAN/3/8) of the longer and more detailed dictionary contained in MAN/3/1-MAN/3/5.

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/8 - Draft of "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" volume QUALIS-UUKSIS (circa) (1980)

Previous number: part of item 17

Contents: typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (volume QUALIS-UUKSIS). This volume is probably part of an earlier draft (along with MAN/3/6-MAN/3/7) of the longer and more detailed dictionary contained in MAN/3/1-MAN/3/5.

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/9 - Draft of "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (circa) (1980)

Previous number: part of item 16

Contents: bound typescript by Mann entitled "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary". This volume is the consolidated version of MAN/3/6-MAN/3/8 and is probably an earlier draft of the longer and more detailed dictionary contained in MAN/3/1-MAN/3/5.

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 volume

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/10 - Annotated partial proofs of "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (circa) (1984)

Previous number: part of item 16

Contents: annotated partial proofs of "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (T-U only).

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 envelope

Publication: "An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary" (Hamburg, 1984)

MAN/3/11 - Articles and notes for a book to be entitled "Studies in Indo-European Linguistics (1926-1971)

Previous number: part of item 15

Contents: articles and notes written over a number of years for a never to be published work by Mann that was to be entitled "Studies in Indo-European Linguistics" includes -

"The Indo-European Languages: talk at SSEES 4/1/1968"
"Balton-Slavonic or Baltin and Slavonic?" (1971)
"Low German origin of Hildebrandshied" (1926)
"Obscured compounds in Latin"
"Afterthoughts on historical grammar"
"Indo-European E-grade and O-grade and the genitive-possessive dichotomy"
"The scope and limitations of analogy in linguistic science"
"Armenian and the languages of Europe" (1964)
"Language and logic"
"some phonological bylaws of Greek and Latin"
"The Semantic aspect of the consonantal declension"
"Linguistics", reprint of article published in "Chambers Cyclopedia" (1948)

(Languages) English & German & Indo-European

1 folder

MAN/3/12 - "A Critique of Current Ablaut theory" by A G J Speirs and related notes by Mann (circa) (1967-1973 (circa)

Previous number: part of item 15

Contents: photocopy of a chapter emtitled "A Critique of Current Ablaut Theory" from an unidentified work by A G J Speirs of Brisbane University and notes on the chapter by Mann

(Languages) English

1 folder

MAN/3/13 - Notebooks re Indo-European language (circa) (1934)

Previous number: part of item 13

Contents: notebooks re Indo-European language comprising -

"English-Indo-European minimum dictionary"
"Minimum vocabularies and idioms"
"Revised minimum dictionary"

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 envelope containing 3 notebooks

MAN/3/14 - Articles and notes re Indo-European language (1938-1950)

Previous number: part of item 15

Contents: articles and notes re Indo-European language includes -

Index cards on noun classification

(Languages) English

1 folder

MAN/3/15 - Notebooks re Indo-European language (circa) (1939-1980) (circa)

Previous number: part of item 14

Contents: notebooks re Indo-European language comprising -

Notebook of verbs
"Indo-European formation"
"Additions to Indo-European Phonology" (circa 1963)

(Languages) English & Indo-European

1 folder containing 3 notebooks

MAN/3/16 - Index cards of bibliography re Indo-European language (circa) (1944-1974) (circa)

Previous number: part of item 23

Contents: index cards of bibliography re Indo-European language

(Languages) English

1 bundle

MAN/3/17 - News cuttings some re Indo-European language (1950-1973)

Previous number: part of item 15

Contents: news cuttings some re Indo-European language and others on general topics

(Languages) English

1 envelope

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