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

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.

Info autore

S. Kutscher, Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS), Mannheim; D. A. Werning, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Silvia Kutscher (Editore), Daniel A. Werning (Editore), Silvi Kutscher (Editore), A Werning (Editore), A Werning (Editore)
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.12.2013
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria
• EAN: 9783110311174
• ISBN: 978-3-11-031117-4
• Numero di pagine: 355
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 17 x 2.6 x 24 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 720 g
• Serie: Topoi > 19, Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World > Vol.19, Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World / Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt > 19, Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World / Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt > 19, Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World > 19, ISSN > 19, Topoi ¿ Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi ¿ Berliner Studien der Alten Welt, 19
• Categorie: Altertum, Antike, CASE, Ägypten, Griechenland, Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidaktik, Grammatik, Syntax und Morphologie, Schrift, Kasus, Literalität, Raumlinguistik, Bewegungsverben, Adpositions, Adpositionen, motion verbs, Linguistics of space