On Ancient Grammars of Space : : Linguistic Research on the Expression of Spatial Relations and Motion in Ancient Languages.

• Superior document: Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt Series ; v.19
• Author: Kutscher, Silvia.
• TeilnehmendeR: Werning, Daniel A.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin/Boston : : De Gruyter, Inc.,, 2013.; ©2014.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 pages)

The series: Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World brings together contributions from all fields of classical studies, from pre- and early history and classical archeology to ancient philosophy, theory of science and theology. Monographs and volumes which present the research results of the Excellence Cluster Topoi form a major focus of the series. Additional topics are currently being planned.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Introduction -- Einleitung -- Glossing abbreviations -- Hittite / Hethitisch -- Räumlichkeit in Zentralanatolien. Eine hethitische „Grammar of Space" -- Greek / Griechisch -- On the encoding of ALLATIVE and RECIPIENT in the Greek diachrony -- 'Behind' and 'in front' in Ancient Greek. A case study in orientation asymmetry -- Fortbewegung ohne Bewegungsverben im Griechischen -- Akkadian / Akkadisch -- Topologische und projektive Relationen in akkadischen Keilschrifttexten -- Egyptian et aliae / Ägyptisch et aliae -- The semantic space of static spatial prepositions in Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian. A comparison with nine Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages based on the Topological Relations Picture Series -- E-mail addresses of the authors.