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In:Historical Linguistics 2015: Selected papers from the 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Naples, 27-31 July 2015
Edited by Michela Cennamo and Claudia Fabrizio
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 348] 2019
► pp. 245–270

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Chapter 12
Enclitic -(m)a ‘but’ / -(y)a ‘and’ in Hittite

Losing extraordinary syntactic behavior

 | Russian Academy of Sciences
Published online: 10 September 2019
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Abstract
The paper deals with the syntax of two enclitic conjunctions in Hittite, -(m)a ‘but’ and -(y)a ‘and’. Their clause distribution is different in Old/Middle Hittite vs New Hittite. In Old/Middle Hittite they cliticize in the Wackernagel position, but they are delayed to the next word by nu, mān, kāš(m)a, našma, namma, kui-. In New Hittite they start cliticising to most of the words from this group, with the exception of nu. For Old/Middle Hittite I posit that nu, mān, etc. are in the Speech Act layer, whereas -(m)a and -(y)a target Force0. The New Hittite system is due to a change in the structure of the left periphery: most of the original Speech Act layer constituents save nu started targeting Spec,ForceP.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Stressed or unstressed?
    • 1.2Structurally conditioned placement of -(m)a and -(y)a
  • 2.Diachronic development of the syntax of -(m)a and -(y)a
    • 2.1Did -(m)a and -(y)a become Wackernagel enclitics?
    • 2.2An alternative account: Clause structure change?
  • 3.Interim conclusions
  • 4.Other second position constituents vis-à-vis the delaying set
  • 5.An analogical solution?
    • 5.1The syntax and semantics of anda=ma and parā=ma ‘further’
    • 5.2Analogy after anda=ma and parā=ma
    • 5.3Analogy of the syntax of mān ‘if/when’ and discourse adverbials
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
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