Studies in Baltic and Indo-European linguistics : in honor of William R. Schmalstieg / edited by Philip Baldi, Pietro U. Dini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmalstieg, William R.

Baldi, Philip.

Dini, Pietro U.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 254.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 254

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baltic languages.

Indo-European languages.

Schmalstieg, William R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlvi, 302 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of twenty-nine research papers is dedicated to the eminent Balticist, Slavicist and Indo-Europeanist, William R. Schmalstieg in commemoration of his seventy-fifth birthday. It contains contributions by specialists of mainly Baltic and Indo-European linguistics which are reflective of Schmalstieg's own scholarly interests over the decades of his career, including technical aspects of Baltic and Indo-European phonology, morphology and syntax, etymology, language universals, the history of linguistics and the Baltic text tradition.

Contents:

STUDIES IN BALTIC AND INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTICS

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WILLIAM R SCHMALSTIEG: THE MAN AND THE SCHOLAR

PUBLICATIONS 1956-2004

ON THE GENITIVE WITH NEUTER PARTICIPLES AND VERBAL NOUNS IN LITHUANIAN

REFERENCES

TO BE" OR "NOT TO BE" IN THE INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

A verb not for all seasons

The suppletion strategies

The irregularity strategies: The zero copula

A flexible concept (if a concept) as a purely philosophical matter

The Indo-European case

LITHUANIAN esmì AND esù "I AM" ON THE SPREAD OF THE THEMATIC PRESENT PARADIGMIN INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

ON THE SUBJECT OF OLD PRUSSIAN ESTATE NAMES

INDO-EUROPEAN *MEN- AND *TBL-

BALTIC PALAEOCOMPARATIVISM AND THE IDEA THAT PRUSSIAN DERIVES FROM GREEK

Introduction

Jan Dlugosz and the emergence of a Greek theory of Prussian

Willichius's best appraisal of the Greek theory of Prussian

M. Cromer's arguments against Długosz's linguistic ideas

Minor reception of the Greek theory in Western Europe

Hartknoch and the seventeenth-century reaction against the Greek theory

A lesser-known case of seventeenth-century reaction: ML Prätorius

Palaeocomparativistic Prussian-Greek comparisons

Later echoes of the Greek theory in G, Chr. Pisanski's works

The Greek theory of Prussian within Baltic palaeocomparativism

PRIMARY SOURCES

SECONDARY SOURCES

PHRASE AND IDIOM IN BRETKE'S OLD LITHUANIAN BIBLE

A. Old Lithuanian po akim with the possible variant po akiu

B. On the rendition of Job 16:10 and Exod 15:9 in Luther, Bretke, and the Quandt Bible and elsewhere

ABBREVIATIONS

INDO-EUROPEAN *peik- AND BALTIC *peik-

PROCLISIS IN GREEK

REFERENCES.

ON THE MARKING OF PREDICATE NOMINALS IN BALTIC

1. Predicative instrumentais in Baltic

2. The expansion of the predicative instrumental as a syntactic default

3. Syntactically free uses of the predicative instrumental

4. Conclusions

PRUSSICA 1-3

1. A Baltic View of ūniversum

2. The possible origin of the OPr. golimban "blue" and the Slavic name of "pigeon

3. Old Prussian prassan "millef", Slavic *proso "millet", Tocharian B proks-a "grain

Addendum. On Techarian words for "forest

FINNISH terve "SOUND, HEALTHY", SLAVONIC *sodorvo "ID.", ANDLITHUANIAN tervétis "RECOVER, MEND, CONVALESCE

DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE EARLY INDO-EUROPEAN VERB

1. Pre-Indo-Eurepean as an active language

2. The addition of determinatives to roots in late Pre-Indo-European

3. The -k/g- determinative

4. The *-t/d- determinative

5. The *-s- determinative

6. The resonants

7. The n-infix

8. The*n -infix verbs in Proto-Indo-European and the dialects

9. The general pattern of derivational development in Indo-European

IRREGULAR SOUND CHANGE DUE TO FREQUENCY AND THE INTRODUCTION BY SZEMERÉNYI

THOUGHTS ON DECLENSION IN THE OLD PRUSSIAN CATECHISM

PROBLEMS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN ENDINGS OF THE LITHUANIAN OPTATIVE

RAIN" AND "ANT" (SUGE E 47 - SAUGIS E 791): HOW ARE THEIR NAMES CONNECTED IN OLD PRUSSIAN?

LITERATURE AND SOURCES

HANS M. SCHMIDT-WARTENBERG, A FORGOTTEN BALTICIST

Additional information

NEUTER PASSIVE PARTICIPLE IN MODEEN LITHUANIAN

OBSERVATIONS ON THE PARADIGMS OF LITHUANIAN deti "SET, PLACE, LAY" AND dúoti "GIVE

ON THE INDO-EUROPEAN ORIGINS OF GREEK 3RD PL, ACT, IMPERATIVE -vτov "NEW IMAGE" MORPHOLOGY AND MONOPHTHONGIZATIONS

OLD PRUSSIAN dīnkausegīsnan

EEFEEENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS FOR CITED TEXTS

DOUBLE ORTHOGRAPHY IN AMERICAN LITHUANIAN NEWSPAPERS AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

1. Letters ‹č ›, ‹š›

2. Theoretical acceptance of ‹č›, ‹š› in 1898-1899

3. Practical efforts to implement the letters ‹č› and ‹š›

4. Deviations from the double orthography

HITTITE-za AND REFLEXIVITY MARKING: SOME REMARKS

ONCE MOREABOUT THE "NORTH-RUSSIAN" JINTBA AND ITS MYTHOLOGIZED IMAGE

LATVIAN BRAÑGS: FROM LITHUANIAN, COURONIAN, OE GEEMAN?

THE CELTIC LANGUAGE OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Study of the Data

Summary and conclusions

OLD PRUSSIAN" IN M. PRÄTORIUS' DELICIAE PRUSSICAE

NEW DATA ON RESOLVING THE PUZZLE OF THE WOLFENBÜTTEL POSTILLA

INDEX OF AUTHORS

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

The series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613092441

9781283092449

1283092441

9789027285386

9027285381

OCLC:

714568555