The course will be divided into a lecture covering historical phonology, morphology etc. and a seminar dedicated to reading. The following topics will be covered discreetly.
1. Transcription, cuneiform script.
2. Nominal endings. Present tense indicative active and medio-passive
3. O-stems, a-stems, gender in Hittite. Personal pronouns.
4. Consonant stems. Imperative.
5. The adjective. Preterite. Demonstratives.
6. Compounds. Participles.
7. Relative clauses. Syntax. Particles.
8. Lexicon. Bibliography: Introduction: van den Hout, Theo.
2011. Elements of Hittite. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Watkins, Calvert.
2004. Hittite. In: Woodard, Roger D. (ed.)
2004. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 551-575. Grammar: Hoffner, Harry A., Jr./ Melchert, H. Craig.
2008. A grammar of the Hittite language. Part 1: Reference grammar. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. Friedrich, Johannes.
1974. Hethitisches Elementarbuch.
1. Teil. Kurzgefaßte Grammatik. Heidelberg: C. Winter. Dictionary: Friedrich, Johannes. 1952-1954. Hethitisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: C. Winter. Güterbock, Hans G./ Hoffner, Harry A. 1980ff. Chicago Hittite dictionary. Chicago. Tischler, Johann.
2001. Hethitisches Handwörterbuch. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. Etymological dictionary: Kloekhorst, Alwin.
2008. Etymological dictionary of the Hittite inherited lexicon. Leiden/ Boston: Brill. Puhvel, Jaan. 1984ff. Hittite etymological dictionary. Volume 1-6. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Tischler, Johann. 1983ff. Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. Historical phonology: Kimball, Sara E.
1999. Hittite historical phonology. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. Melchert, H. Craig.
1994. Anatolian historical phonology. Amsterdam/ Atlanta: Rodopi. Texts: Sturtevant, Edgar H./ Bechtel, George.
1935. A Hittite chrestomathy. Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America. Second printing, corrected,
1952. Neu, Erich.
1974. Der Anitta-Text. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
The course will be divided into a lecture covering historical phonology, morphology etc. and a seminar dedicated to reading. The following topics will be covered discreetly.
1. Transcription, cuneiform script.
2. Nominal endings. Present tense indicative active and medio-passive
3. O-stems, a-stems, gender in Hittite. Personal pronouns.
4. Consonant stems. Imperative.
5. The adjective. Preterite. Demonstratives.
6. Compounds. Participles.
7. Relative clauses. Syntax. Particles.
8. Lexicon. Bibliography: Introduction: van den Hout, Theo.
2011. Elements of Hittite. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Watkins, Calvert.
2004. Hittite. In: Woodard, Roger D. (ed.)
2004. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 551-575. Grammar: Hoffner, Harry A., Jr./ Melchert, H. Craig.
2008. A grammar of the Hittite language. Part 1: Reference grammar. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. Friedrich, Johannes.
1974. Hethitisches Elementarbuch.
1. Teil. Kurzgefaßte Grammatik. Heidelberg: C. Winter. Dictionary: Friedrich, Johannes. 1952-1954. Hethitisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: C. Winter. Güterbock, Hans G./ Hoffner, Harry A. 1980ff. Chicago Hittite dictionary. Chicago. Tischler, Johann.
2001. Hethitisches Handwörterbuch. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. Etymological dictionary: Kloekhorst, Alwin.
2008. Etymological dictionary of the Hittite inherited lexicon. Leiden/ Boston: Brill. Puhvel, Jaan. 1984ff. Hittite etymological dictionary. Volume 1-6. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Tischler, Johann. 1983ff. Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. Historical phonology: Kimball, Sara E.
1999. Hittite historical phonology. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. Melchert, H. Craig.
1994. Anatolian historical phonology. Amsterdam/ Atlanta: Rodopi. Texts: Sturtevant, Edgar H./ Bechtel, George.
1935. A Hittite chrestomathy. Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America. Second printing, corrected,
1952. Neu, Erich.
1974. Der Anitta-Text. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.