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The Hittite Middle Voice
Synchrony, Diachrony, Typology
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Prize winner: Eugenio Coseriu Award (2021)
This book offers a new treatment of the middle voice in Hittite. The book features two main parts. In the first part, the author provides an updated synchronic description of the Hittite middle based on the existing typology of voice systems and valency changing operations. Moreover, based on a careful analysis of a chronologically ordered corpus of original Hittite texts, the book offers the first ever diachronic account of the Hittite middle. As Inglese argues, the findings of this book greatly enrich our general knowledge of the diachronic typology of middle voice systems. The second part of the book features a thorough description of more than 100 Hittite verbs in original texts.
This book offers a new treatment of the middle voice in Hittite. The book features two main parts. In the first part, the author provides an updated synchronic description of the Hittite middle based on the existing typology of voice systems and valency changing operations. Moreover, based on a careful analysis of a chronologically ordered corpus of original Hittite texts, the book offers the first ever diachronic account of the Hittite middle. As Inglese argues, the findings of this book greatly enrich our general knowledge of the diachronic typology of middle voice systems. The second part of the book features a thorough description of more than 100 Hittite verbs in original texts.
Guglielmo Inglese, Ph.D. (2018), University of Pavia and University of Bergamo, has obtained a position as Junior Postdoctoral Fellow at KU Leuven. His research interests include historical linguistics and linguistic typology, with a focus on ancient Indo-European languages.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
â1.1âGoals and Structure of the Work
â1.2âThe Middle Voice as a Linguistic Category
â1.3âTowards a Working Definition of the Middle Voice
â1.4âAspect and Actionality
â1.5âHittite Language and Texts
â1.6âElements of Hittite Grammar
â1.7âThe Hittite Middle Voice
The Hittite Middle Voice: a Synchronic Description
â2.1âIntroduction
â2.2âThe Function(s) of the Middle Voice in Hittite
â2.3âThe Middle Voice and Verbal Derivation
â2.4âLability and Voice in Hittite
â2.5âThe Middle Voice in Hittite: Is a Unified Synchronic Account Possible?
The Diachrony of the Hittite Middle Voice
â3.1âIntroduction
â3.2âThe Middle Voice from Old to New Hittite
â3.3âThe Origin and Development of the Hittite Middle
â3.4âVoice in PIE: Formal and Functional Reconstructions
â3.5âThe Middle Voice from PIE to Hittite: a Summary
âConclusions
Middle Verbs in Original Hittite Texts: a Corpus Analysis
â4.1âIntroduction
â4.2âMedia tantum
â4.3âVerbs with Functionally Identical Active and Middle Voice
â4.4âOppositional Middle Verbs
â4.5âAddenda: Unclear Verbs
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
â1.1âGoals and Structure of the Work
â1.2âThe Middle Voice as a Linguistic Category
â1.3âTowards a Working Definition of the Middle Voice
â1.4âAspect and Actionality
â1.5âHittite Language and Texts
â1.6âElements of Hittite Grammar
â1.7âThe Hittite Middle Voice
The Hittite Middle Voice: a Synchronic Description
â2.1âIntroduction
â2.2âThe Function(s) of the Middle Voice in Hittite
â2.3âThe Middle Voice and Verbal Derivation
â2.4âLability and Voice in Hittite
â2.5âThe Middle Voice in Hittite: Is a Unified Synchronic Account Possible?
The Diachrony of the Hittite Middle Voice
â3.1âIntroduction
â3.2âThe Middle Voice from Old to New Hittite
â3.3âThe Origin and Development of the Hittite Middle
â3.4âVoice in PIE: Formal and Functional Reconstructions
â3.5âThe Middle Voice from PIE to Hittite: a Summary
âConclusions
Middle Verbs in Original Hittite Texts: a Corpus Analysis
â4.1âIntroduction
â4.2âMedia tantum
â4.3âVerbs with Functionally Identical Active and Middle Voice
â4.4âOppositional Middle Verbs
â4.5âAddenda: Unclear Verbs
References
Index
The book is aimed at a threefold readership, including Hittitologists, scholars and students interested in Indo-European linguistics, and all interested in voice systems from a historical and typological perspective.