Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase in Hieroglyphic Luwian.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages and Linguistics Series ; v.12 .
- Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages and Linguistics Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aims and Scope -- 1.2 History -- 1.2.1 Linguistic History -- 1.3 The Corpus -- 1.3.1 Texts -- 1.3.2 Origin of the Texts -- 1.3.3 Methodology -- 1.4 Writing Systems -- 1.4.1 Orthographic Conventions -- 1.5 Grammatical Overview -- 1.5.1 Nominal Inflection -- 1.5.2 Pronominal Inflection and Clitics -- 1.5.3 Agreement -- 1.5.4 Basic Word Order -- 1.6 The Data -- Chapter 2 Determination -- 2.1 Definiteness -- 2.2 Demonstratives: za- and apa- -- 2.3 Possessives as Determiners? -- 2.4 Word Order of Determiners -- 2.5 Summary -- Chapter 3 Quantification -- 3.1 Non-numerical Quantifiers -- 3.2 Numerals -- 3.2.1 Unexpected Plurals? -- 3.2.2 Collectives? -- 3.2.3 Type of System -- 3.3 Word Order of Quantifiers -- 3.3.1 Non-Numerical Quantifiers -- 3.3.2 Numerals -- 3.4 Summary -- Chapter 4 Modification -- 4.1 Non-Possessive Modifiers -- 4.1.1 Adjectives and Participles -- 4.1.2 Simple Modification -- 4.1.3 Stacked Modifiers -- 4.1.4 Complex Participial Modifiers -- 4.1.5 Summary -- 4.2 Possession -- 4.2.1 Unmarked and External Possession -- 4.2.1.1 Unmarked Possession -- 4.2.1.2 External Possession -- 4.2.2 Genitives -- 4.2.3 Genitival Adjectives -- 4.2.3.1 The Suffixes -izza- and -wann(i)- -- 4.2.3.2 The Suffixes -assa/i-, -iya/i- and -alla/i- -- 4.2.4 Genitives and Genitival Adjectives -- 4.2.4.1 Distribution of Genitives vs. Genitival Adjectives -- 4.2.4.2 Unexpected Genitives -- 4.2.5 Pronominal Possessors -- 4.2.5.1 First and Second Person Possessives -- 4.2.5.2 Third Person Possessives -- 4.2.6 Multiple Possessors and Possessa -- 4.2.7 Free-Standing Possessives -- 4.2.7.1 Linking Verb Sentences -- 4.2.7.2 Free-Standing Possessives -- 4.3 Word Order of Modifiers -- 4.3.1 Non-Possessive Modifiers -- 4.3.1.1 Order Relative to the Head -- 4.3.1.2 Order among Stacked Modifiers. 4.3.2 Possessives -- 4.3.2.1 Postnominal Possession -- 4.3.2.2 Circumnominal Possession -- 4.4 Summary -- Chapter 5 Apposition -- 5.1 Titles and Relational Terms -- 5.2 Simple and Stacked Appositions -- 5.3 Extended Appositions -- 5.4 Word Order of Appositions -- 5.4.1 A Special Case: DOMINUS 'Lord' -- 5.5 Summary -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
In this book, Anna H. Bauer provides a full and detailed analysis of the noun phrases found in the Hieroglyphic Luwian corpus.