Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase in Hieroglyphic Luwian

355 Pages·2014·2.63 MB·English

by  Anna H. Bauer

Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase in Hieroglyphic Luwian
Brill’s Studies in Indo-European
Languages & Linguistics
Series Editors

Craig Melchert (University of California at Los Angeles)
Olav Hackstein (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
Editorial Board
José-Luis García-Ramón (University of Cologne)
Andrew Garrett (University of California at Berkeley)
Stephanie Jamison (University of California at Los Angeles)
Joshua T. Katz (Princeton University)
Alexander Lubotsky (Leiden University)
Alan J. Nussbaum (Cornell University)
Georges-Jean Pinault (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris)
Jeremy Rau (Harvard University)
Elisabeth Rieken (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Stefan Schumacher (Vienna University)
VOLUME 12
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Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase
in Hieroglyphic Luwian
Βy
Anna H. Bauer
LEIDEN | BOSTON
INAUGURAL-DISSERTATION
zur Erlangung des Grades einer Doktorin der Philosophie (Dr. phil.)
dem Fachbereich Fremdsprachliche Philologien der Philipps-Universität Marburg
vorgelegt von Anna Henriette Bauer aus Kassel M.A.
Gutachter: Prof. Dr. E. Rieken; Prof. Dr. H.C. Melchert
eingereicht am 8. Februar 2013
Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 8. Mai 2013
Göttingen 2013
Hochschulkennziffer: 1180
Cover illustration: Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription on stone, JISR EL HADID fragment 1, 9th or
8th century BC. Picture courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bauer, Anna H.
 Morphosyntax of the noun phrase in hieroglyphic Luwian / by Anna H. Bauer.
  p. cm. — (Brill’s studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics; Volume 12)
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 ISBN 978-90-04-26002-3 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-26003-0 (e-book) 1. Luwian
language—Grammar. 2. Inscriptions, Luwian. 3. Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic. 4. Anatolian languages—
Morphology. 5. Grammar, Comparative and general—Noun phrase. 6. Grammar, Comparative and
general—Morphosyntax. I. Title.
 P949.B38 2014
 491’.998—dc23
2014020413
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Contents
Preface  xi
Abbreviations  xii
1 Introduction  1
1.1 Aims and Scope  1
1.2 History  6
1.2.1 Linguistic History  9
1.3 The Corpus  13
1.3.1 Texts  13
1.3.2 Origin of the Texts  18
1.3.3 Methodology  18
1.4 Writing Systems  21
1.4.1 Orthographic Conventions  25
1.5 Grammatical Overview  26
1.5.1 Nominal Inflection  26
1.5.2 Pronominal Inflection and Clitics  31
1.5.3 Agreement  34
1.5.4 Basic Word Order  35
1.6 The Data  37
2 Determination  40
2.1 Definiteness  40
2.2 Demonstratives: za- and apa-  42
2.3 Possessives as Determiners?  52
2.4 Word Order of Determiners  55
2.5 Summary  61
3 Quantification  63
3.1 Non-numerical Quantifiers  63
3.2 Numerals  71
3.2.1 Unexpected Plurals?  83
3.2.2 Collectives?  85
3.2.3 Type of System  88
3.3 Word Order of Quantifiers  100
3.3.1 Non-numerical Quantifiers  100
3.3.2 Numerals  106
3.4 Summary  114
viii contents
4 Modification  117
4.1 Non-possessive Modifiers  119
4.1.1 Adjectives and Participles  119
4.1.2 Simple Modification  121
4.1.3 Stacked Modifiers  126
4.1.4 Complex Participial Modifiers  127
4.1.5 Summary  132
4.2 Possession  132
4.2.1 Unmarked and External Possession  134
4.2.1.1 Unmarked Possession  135
4.2.1.2 External Possession  138
4.2.2 Genitives  142
4.2.3 Genitival Adjectives  147
4.2.3.1 The Suffixes -izza- and -wann(i)-  151
4.2.3.2 The Suffixes -assa/i-, -iya/i- and -alla/i-  154
4.2.4 Genitives and Genitival Adjectives  165
4.2.4.1 Distribution of Genitives vs. Genitival Adjectives  169
4.2.4.2 Unexpected Genitives  176
4.2.5 Pronominal Possessors  186
4.2.5.1 First and Second Person Possessives  188
4.2.5.2 Third Person Possessives  205
4.2.6 Multiple Possessors and Possessa  211
4.2.7 Free-Standing Possessives  217
4.2.7.1 Linking Verb Sentences  217
4.2.7.2 Free-Standing Possessives  221
4.3 Word Order of Modifiers  225
4.3.1 Non-Possessive Modifiers  229
4.3.1.1 Order Relative to the Head  229
4.3.1.2 Order among Stacked Modifiers  235
4.3.2 Possessives  240
4.3.2.1 Postnominal Possession  240
4.3.2.2 Circumnominal Possession  267
4.4 Summary  270
5 Apposition  274
5.1 Titles and Relational Terms  281
5.2 Simple and Stacked Appositions  285
5.3 Extended Appositions  290
contents ix
5.4 Word Order of Appositions  297
5.4.1 A Special Case: DOMINUS ‘Lord’  302
5.5 Summary  306
6 Conclusion  308
Bibliography  317
Index  334