I leave it to the experts to point out any flaws.

They're both pretty good as short introductions to IE philology. Points of disagreement would not necessarily be flaws. As in many academic pursuits, there are differences of opinion and competing explanations (the latter of which are usually called theories by linguists).

For those who want to get more in-depth feel for the field, I'd suggest:

1. Robert Beekes. 1995. Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction.

2. Winfred P Lehmann. 1993. Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics.

3. Calvert Watkins. 1995. How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics.

A good library should either have them or be able to get one, and they're all still in print or available from used bookstores.

[Edit: fixed up the language per later posts in the thread.]

Last edited by zmjezhd; 08/10/09 01:25 PM.
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