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The Riddles of Hittite Indefinite Pronouns

Sideltsev, Andrej V.·2015·Altorientalische Forschungen
DOI 10.1515/aofo-2015-0018
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The paper explores the syntax of Hittite indefinite pronouns. It is universally accepted that indefinite pronouns are preverbal. Whereas this is certainly true, the real distribution is shown to be much more complex. I particularly analyze the placement of indefinite pronouns vis-à-vis preverbs, contrastive focus, verbs and negation. I also systematically confront behavior of indefinite NP ("a man"), on the one hand, and indefinite pronouns ("someone")/indefinite pronouns + NP ("some man"), on the other, and show that they behave differently in syntactic terms contra existing accounts of Luraghi (1990) or Huggard (2014; 2015). Finally, clause second position of indefinite pronouns1 is explored. I argue that it is a post-OH phenomenon due to the analogy from relative pronouns and subordinators like kuit "as".

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  • For indefinite pronouns, clause-first/initial position occurs securely only once, representing 0.2% of 486 attestations.

    “For the first category, this occurs securely only once (see Sideltsev 2015 and 2017 where this is shown to represent a mere 0.2% of 486 attestations of indefinite pronouns).”

    From Syntax of Hittite imma (2021) · cites this paper as Sideltsev 2015

  • The same second-position constraint is seen in other second-position words, most clearly indefinite pronouns when they are part of a phrase.

    “The same constraint is seen in other second-position words, most clearly indefinite pronouns when they are part of a phrase, see Huggard 2015; Sideltsev 2015; Sideltsev 2017.”

    From Syntax of Hittite imma (2021) · cites this paper as Sideltsev 2015

  • Virtually all second-position words, unambiguous enclitics -(m)a, -(y)a, and 'syntactic clitics' (indefinite pronouns, some subordinators, and relative pronouns) appear to behave in the immediately preverbal position in the same way as at the left edge of the clause.

    “virtually all second-position words, unambiguous enclitics -( m ) a , -( y ) a , and what was termed 'syntactic eclitics' in Sideltsev 2017-indefinite pronouns, some subordinators, and relative pronouns-appear to behave in the immediately preverbal position in the same way as at the left edge of the clause (see Sideltsev 2015; Sideltsev 2018a).”

    From Syntax of Hittite imma (2021) · cites this paper as Sideltsev 2015

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Authors
Sideltsev, A. V.
Affiliations
Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
Corresponding author
Sideltsev, Andrej V.
Venue
Altorientalische Forschungen
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Published
2015-01-01
Volume
42
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 0232-8461 (ISSN-L)
  • 2196-6761
DOI
10.1515/aofo-2015-0018
OpenAlex
W2560491338
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and language evolution
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
Keywords
Hittite language, indefinite pronouns, indefinite noun phrases, contrastive focus, negation, relative pronouns, subordinating conjunctions, syntax

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