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On the Sogdian articles
Author Yoshida, Yutaka (著)
Source 創価大学国際仏教学高等研究所年報=Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University=ソウカ ダイガク コクサイ ブッキョウガク コウトウ ケンキュウジョ ネンポウ
Volumev.22
Date2019
Pages261 - 285
Publisher創価大学・国際仏教学高等研究所
Publisher Url http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/publication/
Location八王子, 日本 [Hachioji, Japan]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
KeywordSogdian; definite article; Iranian; grammaticalization
AbstractIn this paper the author discusses the definite articles in Sogdian, an East Middle Iranian
language, both from synchronic and diachronic perspectives. While the articles abound in
Buddhist Sogdian texts of the eighth century, very few articles are encountered in Christian
Sogdian texts of the tenth century. The articles of he Buddhist texts are comparable with the
definite articles of the modern Western European languages like English and French, while
Sogdian differs from the European languages in that the former attests the articles
representing three types of deixis referred to as hic, iste, and ille types. Functionally only the
ille type can be called the definite article, whereas the remaining two, in particular the iste
type, still maintain their deictic force. Inquiries as to how and why the deifinite articles came
to be abolished so quickly are also addressed.
Table of contentsIntroduction 261
Definite articles in Sogdian and other Iranian languages 261
The Sogdian articles 263
Greenberg’s (1978) theory and the Sogdian article 265
Nature of the Sogdian articles originating from the weak demonstratives of ille deixis 267
Sogdian articles in French translation: Vessantara Jātaka 268
Articles and the three systems of deixis 270
Archaism of the language of the Ancient Letters 272
Frequency of the articles and the contexts where bare forms are employed 272
Decline of the definite article 276
Conclusion 279
ISSN13438980 (P)
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Created date2021.11.19



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