On Ancient Grammars of Space Linguistic Research on the Expression of Spatial Relations and Motion in Ancient Languages

This volume presents new research by the Topoi group "The Conception of Spaces in Language" on the expression of spatial relations in ancient languages. The six articles in this volume discuss static and dynamic aspects of the spatial grammars of Ancient to Medieval Greek, Akkadian, Hittit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kutscher, Silvia (auth), Kutscher, Silvia, editor (editor), Werning, Daniel A., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany ; Boston, MA : De Gruyter 2013
[2014]
Colección:Topoi
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009741018806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Einleitung
  • Glossing abbreviations
  • Räumlichkeit in Zentralanatolien
  • On the encoding of ALLATIVE and RECIPIENT in the Greek diachrony
  • ‘Behind’ and ‘in front’ in Ancient Greek. A case study in orientation asymmetry
  • Fortbewegung ohne Bewegungsverben im Griechischen
  • Topologische und projektive Relationen in akkadischen Keilschrifttexten
  • The semantic space of static spatial prepositions in Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian.