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    Abstracta Iranica

    Revue bibliographique pour le domaine irano-aryen 


    Volume 31 | 2011
    Comptes rendus des publications de 2008

    « Avestan and Old Persian Morphology », in : Alan


    S. Kaye, ed., Morphologies of Asia and Africa. Vol. 2,
    Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, 2007, p. 853-940.
    Rüdiger Schmitt

    Electronic version
    URL: http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/39115
    DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.39115
    ISSN: 1961-960X

    Publisher:
    CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI

    Printed version
    Date of publication: 15 May 2011
    ISSN: 0240-8910
     

    Electronic reference
    Rüdiger Schmitt, « « Avestan and Old Persian Morphology », in : Alan S. Kaye, ed., Morphologies of Asia
    and Africa. Vol. 2, Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, 2007, p. 853-940. », Abstracta Iranica [Online], Volume 31 |
     2011, document 17, Online since 15 February 2012, connection on 21 December 2020. URL : http://
    journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/39115  ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.
    39115

    This text was automatically generated on 21 December 2020.

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    « Avestan and Old Persian Morphology », in : Alan S. Kaye, ed., Morphologies ... 1

    « Avestan and Old Persian
    Morphology », in : Alan S. Kaye, ed., 
    Morphologies of Asia and Africa. Vol. 2,
    Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, 2007, p.
    853-940.
    Rüdiger Schmitt

    Abstracta Iranica, Volume 31 | 2011


    « Avestan and Old Persian Morphology », in : Alan S. Kaye, ed., Morphologies ... 2

    1 In the introduction to this detailed overview the problem is discussed to what extent
    the Avestan (and Old Persian) texts are reliable for a linguistic analysis. The three main
    sections   deal   with   (1) Avestan   morpho(phono)logy   in   general   (i.e.,   esp.   vowel   and
    consonant alternations), (2) the verbal system (stems, endings, non-finite forms), and
    (3) the nominal system (stems, endings, adjectives) together with the other parts of
    speech.   This   sketch   is   supplemented   by   55   tables   (p. 910-940).   To   treat   the   two
    languages   together,   has   great   historical   models,   but   nevertheless   it   is   somewhat
    awkward at least for him who looks for information about Old Persian data. In general,
    the author does not ignore problematic forms and sometimes even offers surprising
    explanations of individual forms or words, although they are not always convincing.
    Thus, e.g., the old interpretation taken up again by him that OPers. a-m-t “from there”
    is “a-hm-atah” (p. 880, 897) and contains the typically pronominal formant (*-sm- >) -
    hm-, fails because such formations are nowhere attested in Indo-Iranian for adverbs.
    Apart from a remarkable number of slips and minor mistakes (partly in consequence of
    not adequately regarding post-Kentian Old Persian studies) must be noticed: xšāyaϑiya-
    “king” as an example for *t E8 83  > Med.  ϑ 83  (p. 865; but cf. correctly p. 903); the impossible
    E8

    forms “kạriya-” (pass.) and “kạriyaiš” (opt., p. 871f, 913); tunuvant- “mighty” as a *- E8 86 ant-

    stem adjective and not a participle (p. 897, 929f.); wrong and/or obsolete readings like
    tauvīyah- “stronger” (p. 897, 932), “yāuhmani-” from the root “yauk ‘harness’ ” (p. 903),
    rštika- “spearman” (p. 903) or “mạrtiya-” (p. 911), etc. Unfortunately, Avestan and Old
    Persian are not treated on an equal level.

    INDEX
    Subjects: 2.1. Langues anciennes

    AUTHORS
    RÜDIGER SCHMITT
    Laboe

    Abstracta Iranica, Volume 31 | 2011

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