Beginning Hittite - Softcover

Held, Warren H.; Schmalsieg, William R.; Gertz, Janet E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0893571849 ISBN 13: 9780893571849

Publisher: Slavica Pub, 1988

Synopsis

This elementary textbook is an introduction to the Hittite language and writing system for self instruction and for beginning students, especially students who cannot work easily with the existing German grammars but who want a more up-to-date source than Sturtevant's 1933 Comparative Grammar of the Hittite Language . Beginning Hittite contains a grammar, reader, glossary, and cuneiform sign list. The grammar is descriptive, not historical, although features of Old Hittite which differ significantly from the younger language are noted. Copious examples are provided, especially in the syntax section. The selections for reading include portions of the Apology of Hattusilis, the Treaty with Alaksandus, the Hittite Laws, and the Letter of King Tut's Widow to Suppiluliumas. Each is presented in cuneiform with interlinear transliteration and verbatim translation. Free translations are also given. All words occurring in both the reader and the grammar section are included in the glossary, where definitions, grammatical identification, and location in the book are provided

About this edition

• Publisher: Slavica Pub
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0893571849
• ISBN 13: 9780893571849
• Binding: Paperback