Universität Wien

160144 VO Historical Grammar of a further Indo-European Language of Asia (2017W)

Historical Grammar of Old Persian’

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Moodle

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 04.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 11.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 18.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 25.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 08.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 15.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 22.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 29.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 06.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 13.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 10.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 17.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 24.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Wednesday 31.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Acquisition of basic knowledge in all fields of the Old Persian (OP) language and its history, structure and tradition -- detailed exposition of the corpus of the Achaemenid inscriptions and its cuneiform script, which being invented on royal order about 522 BC, may represent the oldest system of graphemes referring directly to the phonems of the language to be written.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral examination (colloquium) at the term's end -- questions and résumés at the beginning of each lecture unit.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attention and repetition.

Examination topics

The contents of the lecture in broad outline -- a special subject chosen therefrom in every detail.

Reading list

At the lecture's beginning an extensive bibliography will be delivered to the participants. To Name here only some of the most recent titles:
-- Die Keilschrift und ihre Entzifferung, hrsg. von B. Lion – C. Michel. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von W. Beyer – S. Franke. Hamburg: Helmut Buske, 2017.
-- Adriano V. Rossi, Élamite halmarriš ~ vieux-perse didā- est elle vraiment une fortresse? (I). In: Ancient and Middle Iranian Studies. Proceedings of the 6th European Con¬ference of Iranian Studies, held in Vienna, 18-22 September 2007, ed. M. Macuch – D. Weber – D. Durkin-Meisterernst. [Iranica 19]. Wiesbaden 2010, p. 205-218.
-- Rüdiger Schmitt ‒ Matthew W. Stolper, An Old Persian Cuneiform Inscription on a Tomb in the Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. JAOS 136 (2016) 591-601 (concerning an epitaph of a Parsee, made in the thirties according to the model of DNa).
-- Chlodwig H. Werba, Das Epitheton achaimenidischer Macht und Größe – Medisches Erbe oder altpersische Neubildung. In: V. Naddaf – F. Goshtasb – M. Shokri-Foumeshi (ed.), Ranj-o-Ganj [‘Ohne Fleiß kein Preis’]. Papers in honour of Professor Zohre Zarshenas. Tehran 2013, p. 119-140.

Association in the course directory

MA4-WM3.1

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