BILINGUALISM IN THE HITTITE EMPIRE

• Authors: Simon Zsolt
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

This study provides a critical overview of the recently developed theory of Hittite-Luwian bilingualism mostly by H. Cr. Melehert, E. Rieken and Th. Van den Hout. After a short presentation of the linguistic map of Late Bronz Age Anatolia and the problem whether Hittite was a spoken language until the end of the Empire a detailed discussion of linguistic arguments of Luwian influence on Hittite grammar will follow. The third part of the study focuses on the possible historical and demographic reasons hidden behind this bilingualism.

Keywords

EN

HITTILOGOGY; HITTITE EMPIRE; HITTITE-LUWIAN BILINGUIALISM; INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTICS; LATE BRONZ AGE; SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Journal: Antik Tanulmanyok (Studia Antiqua)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 11-25
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Simon Zsolt

• Zsolt Simon, ELTE BTK Osszehasonlto Indoeuropai Nyelveszet Program (for postal address contact the journal editor)

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10HUAAAA07891