Syllabus
The course will be divided into a lecture covering historical phonology, morphology etc. and a seminar dedicated to reading. The following topics will be covered discreetly.
1. Transcription, Tocharian A B.
2. Nominal endings. Gruppen-flexion. Present tense indicative active and medio-passive
3. O-stems, a-stems, gender. Personal pronouns.
4. Consonant stems. Imperative.
5. The adjective. Past tense. Demonstratives.
6. Compounds. Participles.
7. Relative clauses. Syntax.
8. Lexicon - Sanskrit influence. Bibliography: Fortson, Benjamin W. IV, (2006). Indo-European Language and Culture: an introduction. (2nd edition) Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics, (Tocharian) Kim, Ronald. (2012). Introduction to Tocharian. Pdf edition. Krause, Wolfgang; Thomas, Werner (1960), Tocharisches Elementarbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Malzahn, Melanie (ed.) (2007). Instrumenta Tocharica. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Pinault, Georges-Jean (2008). Chrestomathie tokharienne. Textes et grammaire. Leuven-Paris, Peeters.
Annotation
The course will be divided into a lecture covering historical phonology, morphology etc. and a seminar dedicated to reading. The following topics will be covered discreetly.
1. Transcription, Tocharian A B.
2. Nominal endings. Gruppen-flexion. Present tense indicative active and medio-passive
3. O-stems, a-stems, gender. Personal pronouns.
4. Consonant stems. Imperative.
5. The adjective. Past tense. Demonstratives.
6. Compounds. Participles.
7. Relative clauses. Syntax.
8. Lexicon – Sanskrit influence. Bibliography: Fortson, Benjamin W. IV, (2006). Indo-European Language and Culture: an introduction. (2nd edition) Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics, (Tocharian) Kim, Ronald. (2012). Introduction to Tocharian. Pdf edition. Krause, Wolfgang; Thomas, Werner (1960), Tocharisches Elementarbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Malzahn, Melanie (ed.) (2007). Instrumenta Tocharica. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Pinault, Georges-Jean (2008). Chrestomathie tokharienne. Textes et grammaire. Leuven-Paris, Peeters.