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1 online resource (xvi, 457 pages) Illustrations |
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Introduction to the English version -- Introduction -- Bibliography and fundamental tools -- Lesson 1 -- 1.1 What is the Avestan language? -- 1.2 The Avestan alphabet -- 1.3 Ahuric and Daēvic vocabulary -- 1.4 Vocabulary -- 1.5 Exercises -- Lesson 2 -- 2.1 Morphological Categories -- 2.2 Declensions of a-Stems (ALF 87, IA 19.1) -- 2.3 The verb "to be" -- 2.4 Coordination particles (IA 38.2) -- 2.5 Vocabulary -- 2.6 Exercises -- Lesson 3 -- 3.1 declensions of non-apophonic ā-stems (ALF 88, IA 19.2) -- 3.2 Present stems -- 3.3 Syntax of causative verbs (VAV 141 SS) -- 3.4 Vocabulary -- 3.5 Exercises -- Lesson 4 -- 4.1 Vocalism I. General phenomena affecting vocalism -- 4.2 The apophony (= Ablaut) (ALF 43, IA 13.2) -- 4.3 The declension of ā-stems: The apophonic ā-stems (ALF 89, IA 19.2) -- 4.4 The past tense: The imperfect and the injunctive (OAV. 227-249) -- 4.5 Compounds -- 4.6 Vocabulary -- 4.7 Exercises -- Lesson 5 -- 5.1 vocalism II. The vowel a -- 5.2 Personal pronouns (ALF 112-116, IA 22.1) -- 5.3 Syntax of personal pronouns -- 5.4 Vocabulary -- 5.5 Exercises -- Lesson 6 -- 6.1 Vocalism III. The vowel ā -- 6.2 Relative, interrogative and indefinite pronouns -- 6.3 Syntax of the relative pronoun -- 6.4 The middle voice -- 6.5 Vocabulary -- 6.6 Exercises -- Lesson 7 -- 7.1 Vocalism III. The vowels i, ī, u, ū (ALF 41) -- 7.2 The declension of i-stems I (ALF 95, IA 19.5) -- 7.3 The passive -- 7.4 Passive syntax -- 7.5 Vocabulary -- 7.6 Exercises -- Lesson 8 -- 8.1 Vocalism IV. The diphthongs (IA 10) -- 8.2 The declension of i-stems II (ALF 95-96, IA 19.5) -- 8.3 Root-nouns in -i (NRA III.H-30) -- 8.4 The comparative and superlative (IA 20.1) -- 8.5 The secondary endings of the middle voice (VAV 228-235) -- 8.6 Syntax of Cases I: nominative, vocative (IA 36.1) -- 8.7 Vocabulary -- 8.8 Exercises -- Lesson 9 -- 9.1 The laryngeals (ALF 44-45) -- 9.2 ī-stems -- 9.3 The demonstratives -- 9.4 The athematic present I: The present root and imperfect (VAV 199-217, 227-234) -- 9.5 Syntax of cases II: Accusative (IA 36.1) -- 9.6 Vocabulary -- 9.7 Exercises -- Lesson 10 -- 10.1 Consonantism I -- 10.2 Pronominal adjectives: ań4iia- "other", vīspa- "all" (ALF 123, IA 20.2) -- 10.3 Athematic present II --10.4 Syntax of cases III: The ablative (IA 36.2) -- 10.5 Vocabulary -- 10.6 Exercises -- Lesson 11 -- 11.1 Consonantism II. The labials -- 11.2 Phonetic phenomena affecting u-stems -- 11.3 The u-stems (ALF 93, IA 19.5) -- 11.4 The ū-stems (ALF 92, IA 19.4) -- 11.5 The subjunctive (VAV 250-291) -- 11.6 Syntax of cases IV. The genitive and the dative (IA 36.2-3) -- 11.7 Vocabulary -- 11.8 Exercises -- Lesson 12 -- 12.1 The declension of consonantal stems I: Root-nouns (ALF 97, 99-102, IA 18.1) -- 12.2 The optative (VAv 292-297) -- 12.3 Syntax of cases V: The instrumental (IA 36.3) -- 12.4 Vocabulary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 10, 2025) |
| Subject |
Avestan language.
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Avestan language -- Grammar
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Avestan language -- Morphology
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Avestan language -- Phonology
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Avestan language -- Syntax
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Avestan language -- Vocabulary
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Avestan language -- Study and teaching
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Sanskrit philology -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Redard, Céline, author.
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Niroumand, Richard Tahmaseb, 1990- translator.
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| ISBN |
9783447394727 |
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3447394722 |
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