Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In Honor of William R. Schmalstieg

Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In Honor of William R. Schmalstieg......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Philip Baldi and Pietro U. Dini: Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 10
Philip Baldi: William R. Schmalstieg: The Man and the Scholar......Page 12
William R. Schmalstieg: Publications 1956-2004......Page 24
Vytautas Ambrazas: On the Genitive with Neuter Participles and Verbal Nouns in Lithuanian......Page 48
References......Page 52
A verb not for all seasons......Page 54
The suppletion strategies......Page 55
The irregularity strategies: The zero copula......Page 57
A flexible concept (if a concept) as a purely philosophical matter......Page 58
A morphological Proteus: demonstrative......Page 60
The Indo-European case......Page 61
References......Page 62
Alfred Bammesberger: Lithuanian esmì and esù "I am": On the Spread of the Thematic Present Paradigm in Indo-European Languages......Page 66
References......Page 72
Grasilda Blažienė: On the Subject of Old Prussian Estate Names......Page 74
References......Page 78
1. *men- ~ *mon- ~ *mn̥- "(vb.) to desire passionately, to yearn for; (n.) ardent desire, passion, lest"......Page 80
2. *tel- ~ *tol- ~ *tl̥-/*tl- "to leave, to let go"......Page 81
References......Page 82
Introduction......Page 84
Jan Długosz and the emergence of a Greek theory of Prussian......Page 85
Willichius's best appraisal of the Greek theory of Prussian......Page 86
M. Cromer's arguments against Długosz's linguistic ideas......Page 87
Hartknoch and the seventeenth-century reaction against the Greek theory......Page 88
A lesser-known case of seventeenth-century reaction: M. Prätorius......Page 89
Palaeocomparativistic Prussian-Greek comparisons......Page 90
Later echoes of the Greek theory in G. Chr. Pisanski's works......Page 93
The Greek theory of Prussian within Baltic palaeocomparativism......Page 94
Secondary Sources......Page 95
A. Old Lithuanian po akim with the possible variant po akiu......Page 98
B. On the rendition of Job 16:10 and Exod 15:9 in Luther, Bretke, and the Quandt
Bible and elsewhere......Page 104
Abbreviations......Page 109
Eric Hamp: Indo-European *peiḱ-and Baltic *peik......Page 110
References......Page 112
Henry M. Hoenigswald: Proclisis in Greek......Page 114
References......Page 120
1. Predicative instrumentais in Baltic......Page 122
2. The expansion of the predicative instrumental as a syntactic default......Page 125
3. Syntactically free uses of the predicative instrumental......Page 131
4. Conclusions......Page 135
References......Page 136
1. A Baltic View of ūniversum......Page 138
2. The possible origin of the OPr. golimban "blue"
and the Slavic name of "pigeon"......Page 143
References......Page 144
Addendum. On Tocharían words for "forest"......Page 148
Simas Karaliūnas: Finnish terve "sound, healthy", Slavonic *sъdorvъ "id.", and Lithuanian tervė́tis "recover, mend, convalesce"......Page 150
References......Page 156
1. Pre-Iedo-Eurepean as an active language......Page 160
2. The addition of determinatives to roots in late Pre-Indo-European......Page 161
3. The -k/g- determinative......Page 163
4. The *-t/d- determinative......Page 164
7. The n-infix......Page 165
8. The*n -infix verbs in Proto-Indo-European and the dialects......Page 167
References......Page 168
Witold Mańczak: Irregular Sound Change Due to Frequency and the Introduction by Szemerényi......Page 172
References......Page 180
Vytautas Mažiulis: Thoughts on Declension in the Old Prussian Catechism......Page 182
References......Page 183
Guido Michelini: Problems in the Reconstruction of Certain Endings of the Lithuanian Optative......Page 184
References......Page 187
Anatolij Nepokupnyj: "Rain" and "ant" (suge E 47 - saugis E 791): How Are Their Names Connected in Old Prussian?......Page 190
Literature and Sources......Page 198
Algirdas Sabaliauskas: Hans M. Schmidt-Wartenberg, A Forgotten Balticist......Page 200
Additional information......Page 202
Lea Sawicki: Neuter Passive Participle in Modern Lithuanian......Page 204
References......Page 211
Wolfgang P. Schmid: Observations on the Paradigms of Lithuanian dė́ti "set, place, lay" and dúoti "give"......Page 212
References......Page 218
Kenneth Shields, Jr.: On the Indo-European Origins of Greek 3rd Pl. Act. Imperative -ντον: "New Image" Morphology and Monophthongizations......Page 220
References......Page 228
Wojciech Smoczyński: Old Prussian dīnkausegīsnan......Page 232
References and Abbreviations for Cited Texts......Page 233
1. Letters ‹č›, ‹š›......Page 236
2. Theoretical acceptance of ‹č›, ‹š› in 1898-1899......Page 237
3.1 Double Orthography in Vienybė Lietuvninkų......Page 239
3.2 Book and Newspaper Orthography......Page 240
3.4 Double Orthography in Viltis and Darbininkų viltis [Hope of workers]......Page 242
3.5 Double Orthography in Tėvyné......Page 243
3.6 Double Orthography in Žvaigždė......Page 244
3.7 Five Newspapers with the Book Orthography......Page 245
4.1 Katalikas [Catholic]......Page 247
References......Page 248
Pierre Swiggers: Hittite -za and Reflexivity Marking: Some Remarks......Page 250
References......Page 254
V. N. Toporov: Once More about the "North-Russian" литва and its Mythologized Image......Page 256
References......Page 275
Pēteris Vanags: Latvian brañgs: From Lithuanian, Couronian, or German?......Page 278
References......Page 286
Francisco Villar: The Celtic Language of the Iberian Peninsula......Page 290
A. Historical Data and Evidence from Classical Authors......Page 293
Phonetics.......Page 298
Lexical items.......Page 303
Morphology.......Page 308
C. Inscriptions from the Southwest......Page 309
Summary and conclusions......Page 313
References......Page 316
Steven Young: "Old Prussian" in M. Prätorius' Deliciae Prussicae......Page 322
References......Page 329
Zigmas Zinkevičius: New Data on Resolving the Puzzle of the Wolfenbüttel Postilla......Page 332
References......Page 336
Index of Authors......Page 338
Index of Subjects......Page 344
Back Matter......Page 350