Linguistik

Zarathushtra and his Antagonists

A Sociolinguistic Study with English and German Translation of His Gathas (SZ)

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International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction

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The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and comparative reconstruction, particularly of Indo-European languages, though others such as the Tungusic and North-West Caucasian families are also addressed. Attention is also devoted to philological investigations …

The Book of Zambasta

Metre and stress in Old Khotanese

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The nature of Old Khotanese metre has been a matter of controversy for more than a century. Nicholas Sims-Williams presents a new metrical analysis of the Book of Zambasta, the longest surviving Khotanese poem, arguing that the metre is based …

Oral Narration in Iranian Cultures

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This volume presents papers demonstrating the current state of research on oral traditions among different groups in the Iranian-speaking cultural sphere. The articles offer from a variety of perspectives, encouraging the exchange of ideas between different academic disciplines such as …

Le verbe simple en pashto

État des lieux

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In this work, the Authors provide a detailed analysis of the Pashto Simple “Naked” Verbs, i.e. all not suffixed simple verbs, and the linguistic dynamics at work still nowadays. The classification of used Simple “Naked” Verbs in three main groups …

International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction

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The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and comparative reconstruction, particularly of Indo-European languages, though others such as the Tungusic and North-West Caucasian families are also addressed. Attention is also devoted to philological investigations …

The Modern Greek subjunctive complementation

A diachronic and typological approach

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This monograph addresses a syntactic “peculiarity” of the Modern Greek language, namely the phenomenon of finite complementation which is instantiated by the usage of a verbal category habitually described as the Modern Greek subjunctive mood. The study provides a systematic …

International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction

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The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and comparative reconstruction, particularly of Indo-European languages, though others such as the Tungusic and North-West Caucasian families are also addressed. Attention is also devoted to philological investigations …

International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction

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The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and comparative reconstruction, particularly of Indo-European languages, though others such as the Tungusic and North-West Caucasian families are also addressed. Attention is also devoted to philological investigations …

The Lantern of Spirits

Miṣbāḥ ul-arvāḥ

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Misbâh ul-arvâh, or The Lantern of Spirits, is a comparatively little known Sufi didactic Persian poem written in the 12th century by the next to unknown Shaikh Shams ud-dîn Muhammad b. Îl-Tughân Bardasîrî Kirmânî. It is not a very long …

Le verbe pashto

Parcours d’un territoire du verbe simple à la locution verbale

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In this work, the Authors provide an analysis of the entire verbal system of Pashto, the language of some 50 million speakers in Afghanistan, Pakistan and diasporas. As an Iranian language, Pashto verbs share some main behaviours with the other …