Syntax of the Hittite focus particle -pat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21407935 |
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| Authors | Andrei V Sideltsev (0000-0002-0181-5872, Institute of Linguistics Russian Academy of Sciences 1 bld. 1 Bolshoi Kislovsky lane 125009 Moscow Russian Federation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-145 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Die Welt des Orients (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-2547 • E-ISSN: 2196-9019 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.13109/wdor.2020.50.1.111 |
| OpenAlex | W3034706086 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In the paper I review the evidence for the distribution of the Hittite focus particle -pat in the phrase it modifies (= has scope over) and in the clause. Traditionally -pat is considered to have a free distribution within the clause. As I will show, the particle does not simply attest a second position constraint within the phrase (i. e. it always occurs after the first stressed word). In the absolute majority of cases (94 %), -pat is in the second position within the clause. The second position is achieved in two ways – at the left edge of the clause and within the immediately preverbal position. This was first formulated by Molina (2018) and is confirmed in this paper by the larger dataset. This fits perfectly well into the broader picture of other Hittite words with the a second position constraint as sketched in the paper. Rare deviations from the second position are explained by independent factors, mostly having to do with the information structure status of -pat
Constraint (computer-aided design) · Economics · Focus (optics) · Geometry · Hittite language · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Phrase · Physics · Position (finance) · Syntax · Ancient Near East History · Computer Science · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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