Vocatives and Direct Addresses in Hittite

  • Andrei Sideltsev Institute of Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.89.3.531-587
Keywords: Hittite, Syntax, Vocative, Clause

Abstract

This paper reviews the evidence from Hittite on morphological and syntactic marking of direct addresses. It is shown that the standard description of Hoffner, and Melchert in 2008 needs a revision. Careful examination of a considerable body of texts shows a mismatch between morphological (vocative case) and syntactic (separate syntactic unit) marking of direct addresses to gods and men. The real taxonomy of direct addresses in Hittite is as follows: (a) morphologically marked vocatives within the main clause, (b) morphologically marked vocatives in a separate syntactic unit, (c) morphologically marked nominatives (or unmarked logograms) in a separate syntactic unit, (d) morphologically marked nominatives (or unmarked logograms) within the main clause. All these structures are demonstrably different from appositional constructions.

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Published
2022-01-16
How to Cite
Sideltsev, A. (2022). Vocatives and Direct Addresses in Hittite. Archiv orientální, 89(3), 531-587. https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.89.3.531-587
Issue
Vol. 89 No. 3 (2021)
Section
Research Article

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