On Ancient Grammars of Space: Linguistic Research on the Expression of Spatial Relations and Motion in Ancient Languages

On Ancient Grammars of Space: Linguistic Research on the Expression of Spatial Relations and Motion in Ancient Languages

Edited by: Silvia Kutscher and Daniel A. Werning

Volume 19 in the series Topoi – Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi – Berliner Studien der Alten Welt

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110311358

This volume presents new research by the Topoi group "The Conception of Spaces in Language" on the expression of spatial relations in ancient languages. The six articles in this volume discuss static and dynamic aspects of the spatial grammars of Ancient to Medieval Greek, Akkadian, Hittite, and Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian, as well as field data on eight modern languages (Arabic, Hebrew, English, German, Russian, French, Italian, and Spanish). Among the grams discussed are spatial particles, motion verbs, case and, most prominently, spatial prepositions. All ancient language data are fully explained in linguistic word-by-word glosses and are therefore accessible to scholars who are not themselves experts on the respective languages. Taken together, these contributions extend the scope of research on spatial grammar back to the third millennium BCE.

• Languages: English, German
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Copyright year: 2014
• Audience: All those interested in Ancient History and Linguistics.
• Pages
  • Front matter: 28
  • Main content: 327
• Keywords: Linguistics of space; adpositions; case; motion verbs

eBook

• Published: December 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9783110311358

Hardcover

• Published: December 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9783110311174

 

Frontmatter

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Contents Publicly Available

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Introduction Silvia Kutscher and Daniel A. Werning Publicly Available

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Einleitung Publicly Available

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Glossing abbreviations Publicly Available

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Räumlichkeit in Zentralanatolien Eine hethitische „Grammar of Space“ Cyril Brosch Publicly Available

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On the encoding of ALLATIVE and RECIPIENT in the Greek diachrony Thanasis Georgakopoulos Publicly Available

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‘Behind’ and ‘in front’ in Ancient Greek. A case study in orientation asymmetry Tatiana Nikitina and Marianna Spano Publicly Available

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Fortbewegung ohne Bewegungsverben im Griechischen Jan Stenger Publicly Available

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Topologische und projektive Relationen in akkadischen Keilschrifttexten Ulrike Steinert Publicly Available

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The semantic space of static spatial prepositions in Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian A comparison with nine Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages based on the Topological Relations Picture Series Daniel A. Werning Publicly Available

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E-mail addresses of the authors Publicly Available