The Phrygian Language.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (697 pages)
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Series ; v.139 .
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Purposes, Aims and Overview -- 1.2. Methodology -- Chapter 2. The Direct Sources for the Phrygian Language: The Epigraphical Subcorpora -- 2.1. The Old Phrygian Subcorpus -- 2.1.1. Contexts of the Old Phrygian Inscriptions -- 2.1.2. Old Phrygian Writing Materials -- 2.2. The New Phrygian Subcorpus -- Chapter 3. The Scripts Used to Note the Phrygian Language -- 3.1. The Phrygian Alphabet -- 3.1.1. The Letter CIPPh No. 18: The Phrygian Yod, ⟨y⟩ -- 3.1.2. The Letter CIPPh No. 19: The Arrow-Letter ˇ -- 3.1.3. The Letters CIPPh No. 20 and 23: Variants of ⟨k⟩ -- 3.1.4. The Letter CIPPh No. 21: The Unparalleled Phrygian "Qof" -- 3.1.5. The Obscure Letter CIPPh No. 22 -- 3.1.6. The Letter CIPPh No. 24: An ऱ-shaped Variant of ⟨b⟩ -- 3.1.7. The Non-phonetic Signs -- 3.2. The Use of the Greek Alphabet -- 3.2.1. MPhr-01, the First Phrygian Inscription in Greek Alphabet -- 3.2.2. The Greek Alphabet of the New Phrygian Inscriptions -- Chapter 4. The Phrygian Language -- 4.1. Phrygian Phonology -- 4.1.1. The Vowel System -- 4.1.2. The Consonant System -- 4.2. Morphology -- 4.2.1. Nominal and Pronominal Morphology -- 4.2.2. Verbal Morphology -- 4.2.3. Prepositions, Preverbs, Conjunctions and Particles -- 4.3. Notes on Syntax -- 4.3.1. Case Uses -- 4.3.2. Word Order -- 4.3.3. Lubotsky's Rection Rule -- 4.4. Lexicon -- 4.5. The Place of Phrygian in the Indo-European Language Family -- 4.5.1. Phonological Isoglosses -- 4.5.2. Morphological Isoglosses -- 4.5.3. Lexical Isoglosses -- 4.6. Phrygian in Contact -- 4.6.1. Phrygian in Contact with Greek -- 4.6.2. Phrygian in Contact with the Anatolian Languages -- 4.6.3. Phrygian in Contact with Aramaic -- 4.6.4. Phrygian in Contact with Old Persian. 4.6.5. Phrygian in Contact with Elamite -- 4.6.6. Phrygian in Contact with Assyrian? -- 4.6.7. Phrygian in Contact with Galatian -- 4.6.8. Phrygian in Contact with Latin -- Chapter 5. Lexicon of the Phrygian Inscriptions -- Chapter 6. The Indirect Sources: The Glosses -- Catalogue of the Phrygian Inscriptions -- Old Phrygian Inscriptions -- Middle Phrygian Inscriptions -- New Phrygian Inscriptions -- Appendix. Greek Inscriptions Enumerated in the Traditional List of New Phrygian Inscriptions -- Maps -- Epigraphical Concordances -- Bibliography -- Index of Divine Names -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Common Words.
The Phrygian Language provides an updated overview of this ancient language documented in central Anatolia between the 8th century AD and the Roman Imperial period. A special emphasis is given to the direct sources and to historical comparative issues.