Research Catalog

Title

Zikh Rasna : a manual of the Etruscan language and inscriptions / Rex E. Wallace.

Author

Wallace, Rex

Publication

Ann Arbor : Beech Stave Press, c2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xxiii, 271 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Inscriptions, Etruscan
• Etruscan language > Grammar

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-241) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Preface -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- GrammaticalAbbreviations: OnomasticAbbreviations -- Bibliographic Abbreviations: Citation of Inscriptions and Words : Citation of Sounds : Names of Letters of the Alphabet : Transcription of Etruscan Letters : Transliteration in Translations of Etruscan -- Maps -- Ancient Italy: Languages of Ancient Italy -- List of Figures -- 1. Overview of the Study of Etruscan -- Introduction : Etruscan Inscriptions : Glossae -Investigative Methods -- 2. The Writing System -- Introduction : Alphabetic Reforms : Letters, Sounds, and Transcription : Regional Differences in Writing : Direction of Writing : Punctuation : Demise of Etruscan Writing -- 3. Phonology -- Introduction : Consonants : Vowels : Change of i to e : Diphthongs : Vowel Weakening, Syncope, and Accent : Syllabic Consonants : Loss of Penultimate e : Anaptyxis : Etruscan Dialects -- 4. Nouns, Adjectives, and Numbers -- Introduction : Roots and Stems : Word Classes -- Nouns and Noun Stems : Cases : Plurals : Gram-matical Gender : Noun-forming Suffixes : Adjectives : Adjective-forming Suffixes : Numbers -- 5. Pronouns and the Article -- Introduction : Personal Pronouns : Demonstratives : The Article : Other Pronominal Forms -- 6. Verbs and Participles -- Introduction : Verbs : Participles: Verb-forming Suffixes
• 7. Nomenclature -- Introduction: Origins and Development : Nomen : Praenomen : Cognomen : Patronymic, Metronymic, and Gamonymic : Other Familial Relationships : Slaves and Ex-slaves : Inflectional Features : Onomastic Phrases : Origin and Formation of Names -- 8. Syntax -- Introduction : Functions of Case : Postpositions : Absolute Construction : Noun Phrases with avil 'year' : Syntax of the Article : Demonstrative Pronouns : Relative Pronouns : Agreement : Sentence Types : Mood : Coordination and Subordination : Order of Constituents -- 9. Vocabulary -- Introduction : Native Vocabulary : Borrowings from Greek : Borrowings from Sabellic Languages : Borrowings from Latin and Faliscan : Etruscan Words in Latin : An Etruscan Word in Faliscan : Theonyms : Place-names -- 10. Interpretation of Inscriptions -- Introduction : Funerary Inscriptions : Etruscan-Latin Bilingual Inscriptions : Tomb Construction : Proprietary Inscriptions : Prohibitions : Votive Dedications : Inscriptions on Commemorative Gifts : Artisans' Inscriptions : Boundary Markers : Tesserae hospitales : Tabulae defixionis : Captions -- 11. Tabula Cortonensis -- Introduction : The Inscription : Points of Agreement : Analysis and Interpretation : Translation -- 12. Language Relationships, Lemnian, and Raetic -- Introduction : Linguistic Relationships : Lemnian : Raetic : Concluding Remarks.

ISBN

• 9780974792743 (alk. paper)
• 0974792748 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008028165

OCLC

• 233283707
• SCSB-12553149

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library