Asianic Languages (Luwian, Lycian) [ LGLOR2771 ]

LGLOR 1611 and LGLOR 1612.

Extensive knowledge of the Luwian and Lycian languages, two Anatolian languages which are closely related to Hittite.

Alternating with LGLOR2772, this course deals with the following themes:

1. The scripts that are used in the texts studied,
2. The vocabulary of the texts,
3. The nominal and verbal morphology,
4. Syntactic issues.

At the end of this course, the student will be capable to read and translate Luwian and Lycian texts. The course focuses on the grammatical study of both languages as well as on the reading of texts recorded in these languages.

Continuous evaluation during the year.

Written exam of an unseen text followed by its oral correction.

The part 'Initiation' takes the form of lectures.

The texts prepared by the students are corrected and are the subject of grammatical, historic and cultural commentaries.

The course gives the necessary philological complement to any student who is interested in Asia Minor and Syria from the 2nd Millennium to the Roman period.

Luwian is an Indo-European sister language of Hittite, written in both cuneiform and a hieroglyphic script, attested both on clay tablets and monuments. The course deals with inscriptions coming from northern Syria (Carchemish) and Turkey (Malatya) as well as with Luwian passages in Hittite texts.

Lycian is also an Anatolian language and is very close to Luwian. Inscriptions in this language were recorded in the 5th and 4th centuries BC (Achaemenid period).

' R. Lebrun, 'Approche du monde louvite', Volumen 5-6 (2011), 111-137.

' H.C. Melchert (éd.), The Luwians (HdO sect. 1, vol. 68), Leyde-Boston, 2003.

' H.C. Melchert, « Lycian », R.D. Woodard (éd.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, Cambridge, 2004, 591-600.

The lecturer will fix the timetable at the beginning of the year in consultation with the students.