Linguistics

Berthold Delbrück, Historical and Comparative Indo-European Syntax 1922–2022

Proceedings of the International Conference Delbrück Colloquium on Historical and Comparative Syntax of Indo-European, held in Verona on November 9–12, 2022

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This volume contains some important studies on syntax of Indo-European languages presented at the Delbrück Symposium on Indo-European Syntax on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Berthold Delbrück's death in 2022. The book, which can be considered one of …

The Afterlife of Avestan Manuscripts: Colophons and Marginal notes

This study investigates the role of paratext in Zoroastrian scribal tradition, with a focus on the Avesta manuscripts. It examines how paratexts, such as colophons and marginal notes, contribute to organizing and interpreting the content of these manuscripts. These elements …

Classical Mongolian

A Textbook for Students, Scholars, and Everyone Interested in Mongolian

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This English-language textbook targets individuals interested in the Classical Mongolian script, as well as the language, culture, and history of the Mongolians residing in Mongolia, Russia, or the People's Republic of China. It does not assume prior knowledge of the …

A Handbook of Khotanese

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Ronald E. Emmerick’s Handbook of Khotanese consists of two parts: an Introduction to Khotanese, and a systematic survey of Khotanese and the closely related Tumshuqese language. His tried and tested Introduction to Khotanese, which has been used by many students …

Languages and Cultures of the Caucasus

A Festschrift for Kevin Tuite

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This anthology presents current findings from Caucasus Studies. The focus is on contributions from the fields of linguistics, history and socio-cultural anthropology. All authors share a close relationship with the outstanding Caucasus researcher Kevin Tuite, whose lifework is honoured with …

Zazaki

Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie

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Zazaki ist eine am nordwestlichen Rand des kurdischen Sprachgebiets gesprochene nordwestiranische Sprache, die heute von ca. 2 Millionen Sprechern in Südostanatolien als Muttersprache verwendet wird. Es ist eine dem Kurdischen verwandte, aber dennoch eigenständige Sprache. Seit der Eskalation des Konfliktes …

Neue Gesetze für ein besseres Leben?

Überlegungen zu Praktiken und Theorien der Gesetzgebung im Mittelalter

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Das Buch behandelt Praktiken und Berechtigungen von Gesetzgebungen im Mittelalter. Gesetze legten Normen fest, sie unterlagen aber auch Normen. Diese beruhten nicht allein auf Traditionen, sondern sie verwiesen auch auf Ziele, die mittels neuer Gesetze erreicht werden sollten. Zu diesen …

Von Buddha bis Hafiz – Aufsätze zu Indologie und Iranistik

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In the first part of this work are described the religion and art of Buddhism as well as ancient and late medieval weapons. The second part consists of aspects of Iran's material culture, presented from historical and literary sources, especially …

Voicing Plurality in an Open World

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In a world characterized by mobility and dynamic formations of cultural, linguistic, and social identities, the general understanding of languages – at least in Europe – still reflects hierarchies and classifications that are based on the 19th century-based nation-state ideology. …

Paradigmen und Perspektiven einer Mediävistischen Komparatistik

Freiburger Colloquium 2021

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The publication presents the results of the interdisciplinary Freiburg Colloquium 2021 (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) "Paradigms and Perspectives of Comparative Medieval Studies". The contributions explore the theoretical and methodological premises of historically orientated comparative research that focuses on the specific …

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 …

Der Wilde Alexander

Melodien, Texte, Übersetzungen, Kommentar

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Der in der Überlieferung als Meister Alexander oder Wilder Alexander bezeichnete Dichter wirkte wohl seit etwa 1250 als Autor von Minneliedern, geistlichen Liedern, Sangsprüchen und einem Minneleich. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Lieddichter des nachklassischen 13. Jahrhunderts. Berühmt ist …

Große Kriege und Schlachten der Georgier

Von den Assyrienkriegen bis König Giorgi Lascha

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The most important Georgian battles (wars and battles) within three millennia are presented here in chronological order in a brief overview. The period covers the span from the first half of the 2nd millennium BC to the 13th century AD. …

Endangered Iranian Languages

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This edited volume brings together work by theoretical linguists and field linguists who share a strong commitment to the scientific documentation and investigation of endangered Iranian languages. Five chapters of this volume represent the contributors’ findings on endangered Iranian languages …

Phthonos

Mißgunst, Neid und Eifersucht in der byzantinischen Literatur

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Die Emotion „Phthonos“ spielt in Byzanz (definiert als „Schmerz über das Wohlergehen des anderen“) eine besondere Rolle: Sie ist das Böse an sich. Einerseits ist Phthonos die negative und aggressive Leidenschaft, die sich durch Heuchelei, Verleumdung sowie Mord äußert und …

A Grammar of Early Judaeo-Persian

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Early Judaeo-Persian (EJP) is the form of Persian that was spoken by Jews, and written in Hebrew script, in ca. the 8th-12th centuries C.E. Most EJP manuscripts have been found in the Cairo Geniza from the late 19th century onwards. …

Handbuch der Iranistik Band 1

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Das „Handbuch der Iranistik“ (HdI) fasst den aktuellen Stand und Tendenzen der iranistischen Forschung zusammen und stellt deren wichtigste Disziplinen und Themenbereiche umfassend dar. Dabei orientiert sich das HdI an einer breit aufgestellten, integrativen, jedoch immer philologisch und empirisch fundierten …

The Arabic language across the ages

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“The Arabic language across the ages” provides a collection of linguistic and philological studies that investigate diachronically and chronologically different aspects of the Arabic language and its dialects. It presents studies on Arabic dialectology (e.g., Arabic North-African dialects), morphology (e.g., …

The Indo-European Verb

Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010

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The contents address a wide range of issues regarding the formal and functional categories to be reconstructed for the PIE verb and their development into the attested verbal systems of the older Indo-European languages.

The Pahlavi Yasna of the Gathas and Yasna Haptanhaiti

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The Pahlavi Yasna of the Gāthās and Yasna Haptaŋhāiti is a critical edition of the Pahlavi text, with citations of parallel passages in the Dēnkard, accompanied by a complete glossary and an introductory text-critical treatment of the text. Also provided …