The Elements of Hittite
The Elements of Hittite
Hittite is the earliest attested Indo-European language and was the language of a state which flourished in Asia Minor in the second millennium BC. This exciting and accessible introductory course, which can be used in both trimester and semester systems, offers in ten lessons a comprehensive introduction to the grammar of the Hittite language with ample exercises both in transliteration and in cuneiform. It includes a separate section of paradigms, a grammatical index, as well as a list of every cuneiform sign used in the book. A full glossary can be found at the back. The book has been designed so that the cuneiform is not essential and can be left out of any course if so desired. The introduction provides the necessary cultural and historical background, with suggestions for further reading, and explains the principles of the cuneiform writing system.
- New introductory textbook arising from the author's own teaching which makes learning Hittite possible for students and scholars of Hittite and ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical studies, classics and Indo-European linguistics
- Makes extensive use of material from real Hittite texts
- Introduces the cuneiform script, thereby enabling the student to understand why the language looks the way it does and where some of its problems come from
Product details
October 2011Paperback
9780521133005
222 pages
244 × 173 × 15 mm
0.45kg
13 b/w illus. 1 map 123 tables
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9
- Lesson 10
- Appendix 1. Paradigms
- Appendix 2. Sources of exercise material
- Appendix 3. Index of syntax and phonological phenomena
- Appendix 4. Cuneiform sign list
- Appendix 5. Glossary.
