Die Numeruskongruenz nach Kardinalzahlen im Hethitischen
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Elisabeth Rieken
Abstract
Agreement between nouns and cardinal numbers has formerly been believed to show free variation. Rizza’s 2012 study is a great step forward showing that, in Old Hittite, neuters following numbers are consistently singulars, animate nouns are consistently plurals. Inanimate common gender nouns after ‘1-4’ are plurals and after numbers greater than ‘4’ they are singulars. For the present paper, evidence has been studied from all periods of Hittite and all genres. As a result, it can now be claimed that the distribution of singular and plural forms following numbers is stable throughout the history of Hittite. Various subrules account for apparent exceptions, building on semantic categories such as collective and distributive meaning (and use) and specifying the notion of animacy in the context of Hittite agreement (i. e. animate nouns include words for human and divine referents, animals and human body parts). Also genre effects are relevant, because a list environment triggers an extended use of the singular
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