New approaches on Anatolian linguistics

New approaches on Anatolian linguistics
Author: José Virgilio García Trabazo
Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2023-07-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 8491689370

This volume brings together the culmination of philological and linguistic work undertaken by a wide range of experts in the Anatolian languages. The research papers published here cover practically the entire linguistic and chronological spectrum of the Anatolian group of Indo-European languages, without neglecting important interactions with languages from other cultural environments, among which the Semitic group stands out. The publication can therefore be regarded as a valuable contribution to Anatolian and Indo-European studies, reflecting the persistant and sustained efforts of a group of researchers with a broad array of interests, some of whom have many years of research behind them and are well known in the field. They have now been joined by new scholars, who enable us to foresee a promising future for our disciplines.

Anatolian Historical Phonology

Anatolian Historical Phonology
Author: Harold Craig Melchert
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 474
Release: 1994
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9789051836974

This study represents the first comprehensive treatment of the sound system of the Hittite language and its historical development in a quarter-century. It is the very first attempt at a systematic description of the sound systems of all the ancient Indo-European languages of Anatolia. It codifies the results of a generation of collective scholarship which has made some dramatic advances, offers a number of new hypotheses, and frames the problems which remain to be solved. The contents will be of interest to Indo-Europeanists for the new perspectives on the crucial Anatolian subgroup and to scholars of second-millennium Anatolia for the up-to-date descriptions of the extant Indo-European languages of that era.

Toward Proto-Nostratic

Toward Proto-Nostratic
Author: Allan R. Bomhard
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 369
Release: 1984
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027235198

This book represents the culmination of the author's work to date – it incorporates and updates previous articles and adds much new material. This book is not – nor was it ever intended to be – a comparative grammar of either the Indo-European or the Afroasiatic language families. It is, rather, a comparison of Proto-Indo-European with Proto-Afroasiatic. While this is not the first attempt to demonstrate that Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Afroasiatic are genetically related, it is the first to use the radical revision of the Proto-Indo-European consonantal system proposed by Thomas V. Gamkrelidze, Paul J. Hopper, and Vjaceslav V. Ivanov. Moreover, unlike previous endeavors, this is the first to make extensive use of data from the non-Semitic branches of Afroasiatic. The assumptions underlying this investigation of the possibility of the common genetic origin of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Afroasiatic differ considerably from the assumptions made in other works on "Nostratic"; the methodological approach followed in this monograph has been one of rigorous adherence to the time-honored principles of comparative reconstruction.

Luwic dialects and Anatolian: Inheritance and diffusion

Luwic dialects and Anatolian: Inheritance and diffusion
Author: Ignasi-Xavier Adiego
Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2019-03-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 8491683755

This book focuses on Luwic languages, bringing together approaches from Indo-European linguistics and language reconstruction and also from other intrinsically related disciplines such as epigraphy, numismatics and archaeology, and shows very clearly how these disciplines can benefit from each other. The volume gathers together the most recent results of investigation in the field, and is the natural extension of recent work completed by a research group on Luwic dialects over a number of years. Among the thirteen contributions, fitting neatly within the Luwian and other Anatolian languages, a rich variety of subjects are covered: epigraphy, grammar, etymology, textual interpretation, and archaeological context.

A Study in the Syntax of the Luwian Language

A Study in the Syntax of the Luwian Language
Author: Federico Giusfredi
Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2020-08-19
Genre: Luwian language
ISBN: 9783825347253

The Ancient Anatolian corpora represent the earliest documented examples of the Indo-European languages. In this book, an analysis of the syntactic structure of the Luwian phrases, clauses, and sentences is attempted, basing on a phrase-structural approach that entails a mild application of the theoretical framework of generative grammar. While obvious limits exist as regards the use of theory-driven models to the study and description of ancient corpus-languages, this books aims at demonstrating and illustrating the main configurational features of the Luwian syntax.

Anatolian Verbal Stem Formation

Anatolian Verbal Stem Formation
Author: David Sasseville
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 639
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004436294

In Anatolian Verbal Stem Formation, David Sasseville provides a full analysis of the Luwian, Lycian and Lydian verbal stem classes and their pre-history in relation to Hittite.

A Grammar of the Hittite Language

A Grammar of the Hittite Language
Author: Harry A. Hoffner Jr.
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2024-09-04
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1646023064

Since its publication in 2008, A Grammar of the Hittite Language has been the definitive Hittite reference and teaching tool. This new edition brings Hoffner and Melchert’s essential work up to date, incorporating the dramatic progress achieved in the field over the past fifteen years. Heavily revised and expanded, the second edition recasts the discussion of topics to better serve the linguistically informed reader. A reorganized presentation of the synchronic facts makes them accessible to both Hittitologists and linguists interested in Hittite for historical or typological purposes. Part 1 provides a thorough overview of Hittite grammar that is grounded in abundant textual examples. Part 2 is a tutorial that guides students through a series of graded lessons with illustrative sentences for translation. The tutorial is keyed to the reference grammar and includes extensive updated notes. Taken together with Part 2: Tutorial, which guides students through a series of graded lessons keyed to this reference grammar, the work remains the most comprehensive and detailed Hittite grammar ever produced.