The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy

Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene

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ID19547472
AutoresBlanca M Prósper (0000-0002-7888-4817, Universidad de Salamanca, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas108-138
Data de publicação2018-01-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoВопросы ономастики (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1994-2400 • E-ISSN: 1994-2451
EditoraUral Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.15826/vopr_onom.2018.15.2.017
OpenAlexW2883748470
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas9

This work aims to clarify a number of issues concerning the etymology of personal names attested in Latin epigraphy in the Alpine region, especially in Gallia Transpadana, Venetia et Histria, Pannonia and Noricum. The author selected a number of comparative and superlative proprial forms which may be classified as Celtic or Italic, and attempted to establish their language attribution based on the analysis of their etymology, geographic distribution and the sound changes that they presumably underwent. The author also offers an explanation of the different and apparently contradictory types of vowel syncope characteristic of the Gaulish superlative forms, which is based on a hypothesis about the successive accent shifts, before and after the split-up of the Celtic language family. Additionally, this analysis has some bearing on the interpretation of several South-Picene inscriptions, namely that from Penna Sant’Andrea. The paper also seeks to make a methodological point by exibiting how much the evidence of proper names with clearly discernable patterns may contribute to the understanding of particular issues related to the phonology and morphology of the whole group of languages. Such information may lead, in its turn, to new etymologies, and therefore to better understanding of some particular features of the Celtic languages in their early period

Ancient history · Art · Celtic languages · Comparative linguistics · Epigraphy · Etymology · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Literature · Philology · Phonology · Sociology · Superlative · Classics · History · Language and Culture · Linguistics and language evolution · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy

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