A Historical Linguistics Study of the Origin of Thematic Vowels in Indo-European Verbs

• Project/Area Number: 15H03205
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshida Kazuhiko 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (90183699)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 森 若葉 国士舘大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (80419457) ; 大城 光正 京都産業大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (40122379)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥16,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,840,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
• Keywords: 印欧語比較言語学 / アナトリア諸語 / 動詞語幹形成母音 / 歴史言語学 / ヒッタイト語 / 動詞形態論 / 中・受動態動詞 / 語幹形成母音 / 祖語の再建 / 中・受動態 / 文献資料 / 作為動詞 / 歴史比較言語学 / 動詞体系 / 異形態 / 補助母音 / 楔形文字書記法 / 形態変化 / 比較言語学 / 印欧語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The most important issue of the comparative linguistics is to clarify prehistories of the individual languages of the same language family by reconstructing their proto-languages by the comparative method. In this study an attempt has been made to provide a new historical explanation to the unsolved problem of the origin of thematic vowels in Indo-European verbs on the basis of archaic linguistic features retained in Anatolian languages.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

言語の歴史を復元することは、人類がたどってきた歴史を復元するのと同様に、人文学における最重要課題のひとつである。
本研究においては、古代インド・ヨーロッパ諸語において生産的に使用されるようになった動詞語幹形成母音の起源および関連する諸問題について、歴史言語学的方法を用いて明らかにすることを試みた。特に注目したのは、近年の印欧語比較言語学において質量ともに重要性を増しているアナトリア諸語である。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] リュブリャーナ大学(スロベニア)
• [Int'l Joint Research] UCLA/ミシガン大学/ハーバード大学(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] マールブルク大学/ミュンヘン大学(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] UCLA/Cornell University/University of Chicago(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Marburg/University of Cologne/University of Munich(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] National University of Iceland(アイスランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] 国立高雄師範大学(台湾)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard University/University of Georgia(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan(ポーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard University/Georgia University/UCLA(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Philipps-Universitaet Marburg/Universitaet Erlangen-Nuerunberg/Universitae;t zu Koeln(Germany)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Universitaet Wien(Austria)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan(Poland)
• [Journal Article] On the Prehistory of Hittite Mediopassives in -yatta and -sketta (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Jahre Entzifferung des Hethitischen Volume: 1 Pages: 389-402
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] On the Prehistory of Hittite austa and mausta (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Vina Diem Celebrent Volume: 1 Pages: 471-481
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ソシュールと比較言語学 (2018)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Journal Title: ２１世紀のソシュール Volume: 1 Pages: 139-153
• [Journal Article] Hittite verbs in -nuzi (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Miscellanea Indogermanica. Festschrift fuer Jose Luis Garcia Ramon zu seinem 65. Geburtstag Volume: 1 Pages: 881-900
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Hittite verbs in -atta (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Sahasram Ati Sraja. Indo-Iranian and Indo-European Studies in Honor of Stephanie W. Jamison Volume: － Pages: 499-511
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Hittite parhattari reconsidered (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Tavet Tat Satyam. Studies in Honor of Jared S. Klein Volume: － Pages: 360-367
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 日本語の文字体系の将来にむけて (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Journal Title: ことばと文字 Volume: 5 Pages: 127-134
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] アニッタ文書の書記のこころを読む (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Journal Title: 新村出記念財団設立三十五周年記念論文集 Volume: － Pages: 1-12
• [Journal Article] 松本克己先生の「私の日本語系統論」に対するコメント (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Journal Title: 日本語の起源と古代日本語 Volume: － Pages: 143-153
• [Presentation] Two Indo-European Morphological Mirages (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The 1151st Meeting of the Linguistic Circle of the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Some Old Morphological Features of Hittite Imperatives (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The 37th East Coast Indo-European Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 書記も筆の誤り：ヒッタイト楔形文字粘土板の世界から (2018)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Organizer: 西南アジア研究会総会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] The Hittite 3 pl. Preterites in -ar Revisted (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Indo-European Roundtalbe in Honor of Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Topics in the Hittite Verb (1) (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Block Seminar, UCLA
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Topics in the Hittite Verb (2) (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Block Seminar, UCLA
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Topics in the Hittite Verb (3) (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Block Seminar, UCLA
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Topics in the Hittite Verb (4) (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Block Seminar, UCLA
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Topics in the Hittite Verb (5) (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Block Seminar, UCLA
  • Invited
• [Presentation] On the prehistory of Hittite austa and mausta (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The 36th East Coast Indo-European Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] On the Hittite mediopassive type handaitta (2017)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: 10th International Congress of Hittitology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ヒッタイト語作為動詞についての覚書 (2017)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Organizer: 第24回西アジア言語研究会
• [Presentation] On the prehistory of Hittite auｓta and mauｓta (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Kyoto Workshop on Indo-European Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都市左京区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Hittite mediopassives in -yatta and -sketta (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Indo-European Roundtable
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都市左京区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 死語から言語変化を推定する (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Organizer: 京都大学言語学懇話会第100回例会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Hittite austa and mausta (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Indo-European Workshop, Harvard University
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The thematic vowel *e/o in Hittite mediopassives (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The 35th East Coast Indo-European Conference, University of Georgia
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The thematic conjugation revisited (2016)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: Indo-European Roundtable, Kyoto University
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ヒッタイト語hi-動詞の３人称単数過去語尾 (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Organizer: 第23回西アジア言語研究会、京都産業大学
  • Invited
• [Presentation] つぎつぎに明かされるヒッタイト語動詞の謎――解読100年をむかえて (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Organizer: 第22回西アジア言語研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都産業大学（京都市左京区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-05
• [Presentation] ソシュールと比較言語学 (2015)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Organizer: 日本言語学会第151回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学（名古屋市千種区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-29
  • Invited
• [Presentation] On the prehistory of Hittite mediopassives in -yatta and -sketta (2015)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: 100 Jahre Entzifferung des Hethitischen Morphosyntaktische Kategorien in Sprachgeschichte und Forschung. Arbeitstagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft
  • Place of Presentation: マールブルク（ドイツ）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-22
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Hittite parhattari reconsidered (2015)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The 34th East Coast Indo-European Conference
  • Place of Presentation: ウィーン（オーストリア）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-06
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Vina Diem Celebrent: Studies in Linguistics and Philology in Honor of Brent Vine (2018)
  • Author(s): Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie Jamison, Angelo Mercado, and Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Total Pages: 485
  • Publisher: Beech Stave Press
• [Book] 新村出記念財団設立三十五周年記念論文集 (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉田和彦
  • Total Pages: 391
  • Publisher: 臨川書店
• [Funded Workshop] Indo-European Roundtable (2018)
• [Funded Workshop] Linguistic Spring in Kyoto (2017)
• [Funded Workshop] Indo-European Roundtable (2016)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都市左京区）
• [Funded Workshop] Kyoto Workshop on Indo-European Linguistics (2016)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都市左京区）