The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Armenian

• Thesis title in Czech: Vývoj protoindoevropského *y v arménštině
• Thesis title in English: The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Armenian
• Key words: klasická arménština|indoevropština|fonologie
• English key words: Classical Armenian|Indo-European studies|phonology
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2016/2017
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (21-USPV)
• Supervisor: Dr. habil. Ronald Kim, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 13.06.2017
• Date of assignment: 13.06.2017
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 31.07.2018
• Date and time of defence: 05.09.2018 15:00
• Date of electronic submission: 13.08.2018
• Date of proceeded defence: 05.09.2018
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Dr. phil. Reiner Lipp, M.A.

Guidelines

The development of Proto-Indo-European *y in Classical Armenian ranks among the most debated questions in Armenian historical phonology. This thesis reexamines all the evidence for the evolution of PIE *y in different phonological contexts, including word-initial position, intervocalically, and in consonant clusters. Special attention is given to the various conditioned outcomes of clusters of consonant + *y and of *y in contact with a laryngeal, as well as the consequences of such developments for Armenian nominal and verbal morphology.

References

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