Benjamin W Fortson

Biographic Data

ID780056
NAMEBenjamin W Fortson
GIVEN NAMESBenjamin W
FAMILY NAMEFortson
SIGNATUREFORTSON B W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Michigan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Never say never

    Benjamin W Fortson, Benjamin W Fortson IvARTICLEDie Sprache2021

    The equation of the Armenian negator očʿ with Greek οὐκ(ί), derived by Cowgill (1960) from *(ne) ... Hoi u kwid ‛not ever‘, has been questioned multiple times, most recently in Kölligan 2019, and for good reason: indeed, sound laws render it impossible to derive the Armenian from the same preform as the Greek. The alternative proposal of James Clackson (1994 and 2005–2006), adopted now by Kölligan (2019, 301), that očʿ continues *(ne) ...kwos kwi…

  • The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition by Jay Fisher (review)

    Benjamin W FortsonARTICLEThe Classical World2015

    Reviewed by: The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition by Jay Fisher Benjamin W. Fortson IV Jay Fisher. The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Pp. x, 206. $69.95. ISBN 978–1-4212–1129–3. This, a reworking of the author’s 2006 Princeton University dissertation, is a stimulating and original addition to Ennian studies and Latin historical formulaics. In clear and engaging …

  • An Illicit Hittite-Latin Affair

    Benjamin W Fortson, Benjamin W Fortson IvARTICLEJournal of Cuneiform Studies2015

  • Latin -rier and its Indo-Iranian congeners

    Benjamin W FortsonARTICLEIndogermanische Forschungen2012

    A largely overlooked equation of the Latin present passive morpheme -rier with Sabellic [fẹ:(r)] (Osc. -fír, U. -f(e)i) and further Indo-Iranian *-dhi̭āi is discussed and defended, with new argumentation and hitherto unappreciated or ignored philological material. The history of the Indo-Iranian infinitive ending is examined afresh and reevaluated, also on the basis of much hitherto unappreciated philological material: contrary to the prevailing …

  • Proto-Indo–European Syntax

    Open AccessBenjamin W Fortson, B FortsonCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Language &…2006

  • Proto-Indo–European Phonology

    Open AccessBenjamin W Fortson, B FortsonCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Language &…2006

  • Principles of the Relation between Local Adverb, Verb and Sentence Particle in Hittite

    Benjamin W Fortson, Benjamin W Fortson Iv et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2003

    This book deals with the function of the so-called local in Hittite, and the relation between their use and the occurrence of so-called sentence particles. The local adverbs have traditionally been explained as postpositions, preverbs or adverbs, depending on their position in the sentence. In this book, the function of the local adverbs is described in terms of their relation with the verb. Local adverbs belonging to the verb form a semantic par…

  • Some New Work on Old Problems

    Benjamin W Fortson, Benjamin W Fortson IvARTICLEDiachronica1998

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  • A New Study of Hittite -wa(r)

    Benjamin W FortsonARTICLEJournal of Cuneiform Studies1998References: 2

  • The double reflex of *ai in Avestan

    Benjamin W FortsonARTICLEIndo-Iranian Journal1996References: 4

    L'A. tente de determiner une nouvelle regle phonologique de l'avestique en se basant sur les exceptions d'une regle standard avancee par Bartholomae : *ai devient aē dans les syllabes ouvertes et les initiales de mot, dans les autres cas il devient ōi. L'etude est centree sur le jeune avestique