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The present paper intends to analyze the nominal composition in Ancient Greek in order 1) to clarify the notion of endo/exo-centricity and 2) to focus on the role played by structural meaning in interpreting compounds. As for the concept... more
The present paper intends to analyze the nominal composition in Ancient Greek in order 1) to clarify the notion of endo/exo-centricity and 2) to focus on the role played by structural meaning in interpreting compounds. As for the concept of centricity', the author proposes to distinguish between syntactic, morphological, and semantic exocentricity This distinction allows to categorize both pairs oiκoΦoρoζ, πoδαργoζ and Φeρέolκoζ, ?ργιπoζ, as semantically exocentric compounds. Nevertheless, from the morphological perspective, the endocentric character of the former pair faces the exocentricity of the latter. The socalled exocentric compounds (bahuvrihi and synthetic compounds) actually exhibit a semantic exocentricity, which is determined by a meronimic relation in bahuvrihicompounds and by an argumental relation in the synthetic ones. As a matter of fact the different positions occupied by compound members and the idiosyncratic allomorphs which characterize them can be accounted for by the semantic nature of the relationship between compound-head and con-testo. As for the importance of structural meaning, the author would like to pinpoint the relevance to be assigned to the morphosyntactic level. In the interpretation (and reconstruction) of nominal compounds the structural principles governing nominal compounding in the language investigated must be taken into account. A twofold analysis is then carried out in order to verify this approach. a) Greek V + N compounds whose first member ends in -τl ° or -σl ° are both usually labelled τeρψμβρΟτΟτζ-composita by assuming that -τl ° undergoes assibilation. On the base of Mycenaean data and compounding morphological features and systemic properties, different hypothesis are at stake. -τl °-compounds result from the inversion of a compound whose second member is an agent noun with suffix -τ?, cfr. the pair e-ti-ra-wo, 'EρτιλαΟζ vs. △αέρτηζ. As for σl ° compounds, the exhibited aoristic theme is primarily required in order to change the valence of intransitive verbal roots through the addition of the agent identified with the bearer of the name. In the V + N compounds, the -i ° ending of first members acts in Greek as a marker of allomorphy and as a marker of predication as well, with clear similarity to its behaviours in possessive compounds. b) μeλιΦρων is studied in order to specify its original content. The starting point is the etymology previously proposed for Φρήν, but an integrated analysis focusing on both the morphosyntactic and semantic levels is needed to clarify its virtual or actual meanings.
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax, Morphology, and 10 moreAncient Greek, Nominal Compounds, Indo-European phonology and morphology, Filologia Micenea, Lessicografia Greca, Linguistica Indoeuropea, Fonetica E Fonologia Greca, Dialetti Greci, Ancient Indo European Languages, and Archivio Glottologico Italiano
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Le but de l'etude est de determiner les conditions qui ont favorise le developpement des differences qui existent entre l'italien antique et l'italien moderne. L'etude porte tout particulierement sur les comparatives... more
Le but de l'etude est de determiner les conditions qui ont favorise le developpement des differences qui existent entre l'italien antique et l'italien moderne. L'etude porte tout particulierement sur les comparatives d'inegalite au niveau syntaxique, differences qui concernent avant tout, du moins a premiere vue, l'element qui introduit le second terme de comparaison
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The present paper intends to analyze the nominal composition in Ancient Greek in order 1) to clarify the notion of endo/exo-centricity and 2) to focus on the role played by structural meaning in interpreting compounds. As for the concept... more
The present paper intends to analyze the nominal composition in Ancient Greek in order 1) to clarify the notion of endo/exo-centricity and 2) to focus on the role played by structural meaning in interpreting compounds. As for the concept of centricity', the author proposes to distinguish between syntactic, morphological, and semantic exocentricity This distinction allows to categorize both pairs oiκoΦoρoζ, πoδαργoζ and Φeρέolκoζ, ?ργιπoζ, as semantically exocentric compounds. Nevertheless, from the morphological perspective, the endocentric character of the former pair faces the exocentricity of the latter. The socalled exocentric compounds (bahuvrihi and synthetic compounds) actually exhibit a semantic exocentricity, which is determined by a meronimic relation in bahuvrihicompounds and by an argumental relation in the synthetic ones. As a matter of fact the different positions occupied by compound members and the idiosyncratic allomorphs which characterize them can be accounted for by the semantic nature of the relationship between compound-head and con-testo. As for the importance of structural meaning, the author would like to pinpoint the relevance to be assigned to the morphosyntactic level. In the interpretation (and reconstruction) of nominal compounds the structural principles governing nominal compounding in the language investigated must be taken into account. A twofold analysis is then carried out in order to verify this approach. a) Greek V + N compounds whose first member ends in -τl ° or -σl ° are both usually labelled τeρψμβρΟτΟτζ-composita by assuming that -τl ° undergoes assibilation. On the base of Mycenaean data and compounding morphological features and systemic properties, different hypothesis are at stake. -τl °-compounds result from the inversion of a compound whose second member is an agent noun with suffix -τ?, cfr. the pair e-ti-ra-wo, 'EρτιλαΟζ vs. △αέρτηζ. As for σl ° compounds, the exhibited aoristic theme is primarily required in order to change the valence of intransitive verbal roots through the addition of the agent identified with the bearer of the name. In the V + N compounds, the -i ° ending of first members acts in Greek as a marker of allomorphy and as a marker of predication as well, with clear similarity to its behaviours in possessive compounds. b) μeλιΦρων is studied in order to specify its original content. The starting point is the etymology previously proposed for Φρήν, but an integrated analysis focusing on both the morphosyntactic and semantic levels is needed to clarify its virtual or actual meanings.
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax, Morphology, and 10 moreAncient Greek, Nominal Compounds, Indo-European phonology and morphology, Filologia Micenea, Lessicografia Greca, Linguistica Indoeuropea, Fonetica E Fonologia Greca, Dialetti Greci, Ancient Indo European Languages, and Archivio Glottologico Italiano
In the present study a new reading of the Duenos Inscription is proposed which is based primarily on segmenting the second line of the inscription in two autonomous statements and further on the interpretation of the graphic sequence... more
In the present study a new reading of the Duenos Inscription is proposed which is based primarily on segmenting the second line of the inscription in two autonomous statements and further on the interpretation of the graphic sequence OPETOITE as ope et oite, i.e. "with (productive) property and its 'use'". As for the meaning and function of both vase and text, the words iouesat cosmis uirco and pacari sustain a document in the legal and religious area, as they point particularly to a wedding agreement. The syntactic and lexical patterns exhibited by the 'Duenos'Inscription appear to be consistent with the suggested hypothesis.
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Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax, Morphology, and 10 moreAncient Greek, Nominal Compounds, Indo-European phonology and morphology, Filologia Micenea, Lessicografia Greca, Linguistica Indoeuropea, Fonetica E Fonologia Greca, Dialetti Greci, Ancient Indo European Languages, and Archivio Glottologico Italiano
... w. downward motion” e segnala le seguenti 'ac-cezioni': “1) context of social disharmony: go off alone, withdraw, depart”; “2) reaction to present ... la distanza non è pertinente: Achille si allontana molto (12), Odisseo... more
... w. downward motion” e segnala le seguenti 'ac-cezioni': “1) context of social disharmony: go off alone, withdraw, depart”; “2) reaction to present ... la distanza non è pertinente: Achille si allontana molto (12), Odisseo assai poco (8); – la posizione del corpo (orizzontale o verticale ...
... Rossana Stefanelli 32 ... inoltre il legame fra i due elementi di questi composti sia di coordina-zione seppure realizzata per asindeto è provato dalle varianti diacroniche e/o diatopiche attestate per una stessa voce: il LEI... more
... Rossana Stefanelli 32 ... inoltre il legame fra i due elementi di questi composti sia di coordina-zione seppure realizzata per asindeto è provato dalle varianti diacroniche e/o diatopiche attestate per una stessa voce: il LEI registra sotto andirivieni l'antico pistoiese andevvèni; il ...
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The study aims to shed new light over the etymology of ancient greek hecatombē and its role within the rituals of greek religion, clarifying also some methodological aspects of comparative linguistics. In fact hecatombē does not mean... more
The study aims to shed new light over the etymology of ancient greek hecatombē and its role within the rituals of greek religion, clarifying also some methodological aspects of comparative linguistics.
In fact hecatombē does not mean ‘great sacrifice of a hundred cows’ – as usually accepted despite textual data and historical evidence – but more likely ‘going by a hundred’ and therefore ‘pomp, procession’. The word hecatombe points out to the ceremonials preceding the sacrificial phase, as clearly shown by Homeric text.
Hecatombē thereby appears, we can say, as the equivalent (and substitute?) of mycenaean teoporia and the antecedent of posthomeric pompe.
The common interpretation ‘great sacrifice of a hundred cows’ lies on the comparison established between hecatombē and the ancient indian compound śatagava-. Altough greek and indian compounds appear to contain the same lexical items ‘a hundred’ and ‘cow’ (cf. śatagava, hekatomboios) such a coincidence does not grant any proven identity neither allows to shift such a reconstruction in the context of protolanguage.
In fact hecatombē does not mean ‘great sacrifice of a hundred cows’ – as usually accepted despite textual data and historical evidence – but more likely ‘going by a hundred’ and therefore ‘pomp, procession’. The word hecatombe points out to the ceremonials preceding the sacrificial phase, as clearly shown by Homeric text.
Hecatombē thereby appears, we can say, as the equivalent (and substitute?) of mycenaean teoporia and the antecedent of posthomeric pompe.
The common interpretation ‘great sacrifice of a hundred cows’ lies on the comparison established between hecatombē and the ancient indian compound śatagava-. Altough greek and indian compounds appear to contain the same lexical items ‘a hundred’ and ‘cow’ (cf. śatagava, hekatomboios) such a coincidence does not grant any proven identity neither allows to shift such a reconstruction in the context of protolanguage.
Research Interests: Historical Linguistics, Greek Language, Ancient Indo-European Languages, Indo-European Studies, Greek Epic, and 7 moreAncient Greek Religion, Indo-European Linguistics, Ancient Greek Language, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Deverbal Nouns, Indo-European phonology and morphology, and Indo European Culture
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A new reading of the ‘Duenos’ Inscription is proposed in the present study, based primarily on segmenting the second line of the inscription in two autonomous statements and further on the interpretation as ope et oite, i.e. “with... more
A new reading of the ‘Duenos’ Inscription is proposed in the present study, based primarily on segmenting the second line of the inscription in two autonomous statements and further on the interpretation as ope et oite, i.e. “with productive property and its ‘use’”, of the graphic sequence OPETOITE. As for the meaning and function of both vase and text, the words iouesat cosmis virco and pacari sustain a document in the legal and religious area, as they point particularly to a wedding agreement. The syntactic and lexical patterns exhibited by the ‘Duenos’ Inscription appear to be consistent with the suggested hypothesis.
Research Interests: Diachronic Linguistics (Or Historical Linguistics), Classics, Historical Linguistics, Ancient Indo-European Languages, History of Latin Language, and 9 moreIndo-European Studies, Latin Epigraphy, Latin, Greek, Indoeuropean Studies, Storia Del Diritto Romano, Avestan, Diritto romano, and Archaic Latin Language
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Ancient and modern scholars agree on the belief that the meaning of the Homeric word rhethea waves between ‘limbs’ and ‘face, mouth’. The Homeric text, if accurately analyzed, rather points to the meaning ‘words’ and provides for an... more
Ancient and modern scholars agree on the belief that the meaning of the Homeric word rhethea waves between ‘limbs’ and ‘face, mouth’. The Homeric text, if accurately analyzed, rather points to the meaning ‘words’ and provides for an etymological connection with lat. verbum, got. waúrds, lit. vadas ‘Word’ and finally with the ie. root *wer; this root refers to a form of saying full of those magical and religious connotations we can still detect in the occurrences of rhethea. Such a voicing, with its highest performative value and low communicative function, discloses why the meaning of rhethea developped from ‘words’ to ‘lips’, which are the seat of visible speech articulation.