The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed account of the functional distribution of predicative possessive constructions in the Avestan language, The investigation of the expressions of possession is based on the situation documented in the Old Avestan texts. According to Kellens and Pirart (1988), the texts which are definitely Old Avestan are: the five Gāθās (Y. 28-35, 43-51, 53), the Yasna Haptaŋhāiti (Y. 35.2-41.5), two fragments, that is to say, the AhunaVairiia (Y. 27.13) and the Airiiaman Išiia (Y. 54.1); Y. 27.7 and Y. 56.1. The analysis is focused on the two possessive constructions “verb to be plus dative” as in (1) and “verb to be plus genitive” as in (2), in order to identify the differences in their syntactic and pragmatic functions and in order to examine them from a semantic perspective.
On Predicative Possessive Constructions in Avestan / Benvenuto, Maria Carmela; Bichlmeier, Harald. - (2023), pp. 129-142. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference Delbrück Colloquium on Historical and Comparative Syntax of Indo-European tenutosi a Verona on November 9–12, 2022) [10.29091/9783752002812].
On Predicative Possessive Constructions in Avestan
Benvenuto, Maria Carmela
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;Bichlmeier, Harald
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2023
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The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed account of the functional distribution of predicative possessive constructions in the Avestan language, The investigation of the expressions of possession is based on the situation documented in the Old Avestan texts. According to Kellens and Pirart (1988), the texts which are definitely Old Avestan are: the five Gāθās (Y. 28-35, 43-51, 53), the Yasna Haptaŋhāiti (Y. 35.2-41.5), two fragments, that is to say, the AhunaVairiia (Y. 27.13) and the Airiiaman Išiia (Y. 54.1); Y. 27.7 and Y. 56.1. The analysis is focused on the two possessive constructions “verb to be plus dative” as in (1) and “verb to be plus genitive” as in (2), in order to identify the differences in their syntactic and pragmatic functions and in order to examine them from a semantic perspective.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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