Introduction to Hittite - ASJ5000130

• Title: Introduction to Hittite
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (21-USPV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2014
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: Dr. phil. Reiner Lipp, M.A.

Annotation

The course will be divided into a lecture covering historical phonology, morphology etc. and a seminar dedicated
to reading. The following topics will be covered discreetly.

1. Transcription, cuneiform script.
2. Nominal endings. Present tense indicative active and medio-passive
3. O-stems, a-stems, gender in Hittite. Personal pronouns.
4. Consonant stems. Imperative.
5. The adjective. Preterite. Demonstratives.
6. Compounds. Participles.
7. Relative clauses. Syntax. Particles.
8. Lexicon.

Bibliography:
Introduction:
van den Hout, Theo. 2011. Elements of Hittite. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Watkins, Calvert. 2004. Hittite. In: Woodard, Roger D. (ed.) 2004. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's
ancient languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 551-575.

Grammar:
Hoffner, Harry A., Jr./ Melchert, H. Craig. 2008. A grammar of the Hittite language. Part 1: Reference grammar.
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
Friedrich, Johannes. 1974. Hethitisches Elementarbuch. 1. Teil. Kurzgefaßte Grammatik. Heidelberg: C. Winter.

Dictionary:
Friedrich, Johannes. 1952-1954. Hethitisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: C. Winter.
Güterbock, Hans G./ Hoffner, Harry A. 1980ff. Chicago Hittite dictionary. Chicago.
Tischler, Johann. 2001. Hethitisches Handwörterbuch. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität
Innsbruck.

Etymological dictionary:
Kloekhorst, Alwin. 2008. Etymological dictionary of the Hittite inherited lexicon. Leiden/ Boston: Brill.
Puhvel, Jaan. 1984ff. Hittite etymological dictionary. Volume 1-6. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Tischler, Johann. 1983ff. Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der
Universität Innsbruck.

Historical phonology:
Kimball, Sara E. 1999. Hittite historical phonology. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität
Innsbruck.
Melchert, H. Craig. 1994. Anatolian historical phonology. Amsterdam/ Atlanta: Rodopi.

Texts:
Sturtevant, Edgar H./ Bechtel, George. 1935. A Hittite chrestomathy. Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America.
Second printing, corrected, 1952.
Neu, Erich. 1974. Der Anitta-Text. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Last update: Zemánek Petr, prof. PhDr., CSc. (29.07.2013)

Literature

Manfred MAYRHOFER, Die Indo-Arier im Alten Vorderasien. Wiesbaden (: Harrassowitz) 1966, 160 s.

Annelies KAMMENHUBER, Die Arier im Vorderen Orient. Heidelberg (: Winter) 1968, 205 s.

Michael WITZEL, Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts. Preprint 2000,

119 s.

George ERDOSY (EDITOR), The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia. Berlin (: Gruyter) 1995, 417 s.

Last update: Zemánek Petr, prof. PhDr., CSc. (29.07.2013)

Syllabus

The course will be divided into a lecture covering historical phonology, morphology etc. and a seminar dedicated

to reading. The following topics will be covered discreetly.

1. Transcription, cuneiform script.

2. Nominal endings. Present tense indicative active and medio-passive

3. O-stems, a-stems, gender in Hittite. Personal pronouns.

4. Consonant stems. Imperative.

5. The adjective. Preterite. Demonstratives.

6. Compounds. Participles.

7. Relative clauses. Syntax. Particles.

8. Lexicon.

Bibliography:

Introduction:

van den Hout, Theo. 2011. Elements of Hittite. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Watkins, Calvert. 2004. Hittite. In: Woodard, Roger D. (ed.) 2004. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's

ancient languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 551-575.

Grammar:

Hoffner, Harry A., Jr./ Melchert, H. Craig. 2008. A grammar of the Hittite language. Part 1: Reference grammar.

Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Friedrich, Johannes. 1974. Hethitisches Elementarbuch. 1. Teil. Kurzgefaßte Grammatik. Heidelberg: C. Winter.

Dictionary:

Friedrich, Johannes. 1952-1954. Hethitisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: C. Winter.

Güterbock, Hans G./ Hoffner, Harry A. 1980ff. Chicago Hittite dictionary. Chicago.

Tischler, Johann. 2001. Hethitisches Handwörterbuch. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität

Innsbruck.

Etymological dictionary:

Kloekhorst, Alwin. 2008. Etymological dictionary of the Hittite inherited lexicon. Leiden/ Boston: Brill.

Puhvel, Jaan. 1984ff. Hittite etymological dictionary. Volume 1-6. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Tischler, Johann. 1983ff. Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der

Universität Innsbruck.

Historical phonology:

Kimball, Sara E. 1999. Hittite historical phonology. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität

Innsbruck.

Melchert, H. Craig. 1994. Anatolian historical phonology. Amsterdam/ Atlanta: Rodopi.

Texts:

Sturtevant, Edgar H./ Bechtel, George. 1935. A Hittite chrestomathy. Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America.

Second printing, corrected, 1952.

Neu, Erich. 1974. Der Anitta-Text. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Last update: Zemánek Petr, prof. PhDr., CSc. (29.07.2013)