A Study of Language Contacts among the Cuneiform Languages in the Ancient Near East

很明显，古代近东楔形语之间的语言接触是广泛的。赫梯中的粒子-ma是明确的证明，在功能上对应于胡里安人，非印欧人，粒子-ma，因为胡里安人对赫梯王室有很大的影响。卢维亚语象形文字中的-si作为反身助词，在功能上也与帕拉克西平行，尽管帕拉克语是用楔形文字书写的。此外，从HITTITE比较研究的角度来看，3个SG.-a&gt；-ta和-a&gt；atta，-a&gt；-ta，-a&gt；-a，a&gt；-a，-a&gt；中被动动词在*中--不要追溯到很早的时期，也就是说，赫梯人仍然保留着一个非常古老的古语，用于重建原始的印欧语言系统。了解闪族语言的发源地，对于我们进行闪族语言比较研究也是非常重要的。关于闪族人的故乡，目前有各种各样的说法。我们认为语言迁移理论是有效的，即(1)最大多样性和最小移动模型；(2)重心模型。因此，我们假设闪族人的故乡可能位于农业区和闪族人之间的语言接触区，例如美索不达米亚或叙利亚/巴勒斯坦的一些地区。西亚语言学会年会在京都相约大学举行，由大四郎教授主持汇报研究成果。

It is clear that the language contact among the cuneiform languages in the Ancient Near East is widespread. The particle -ma in Hittite is clearly attested, functionally corresponding to Hurrian, non-Indo-European, particle- ma, since the Hurrian had a great influence on the Hittite royalty. And the particle -si in Hieroglyphic Luwian is also functionally parallel to Palaic- si as a reflexive particle, though Palaic is written in cuneiform writing. Moreover, from the viewpoint of Hittite comparative study, the morphological changes in 3 sg. Mediopassive endings, -a>-ta and -a>atta, were still operating during attested Hittite history, and also this fact shows that 3 sg. Mediopassive verbs in *-to do not go back to a very early period, that is, Hittite still preserves an archaism of remarkable antiquity for reconstructing the Proto-Indo-European verbal system. And also it is very important for us to understand the homeland of Semitic languages for Semitic comparative study. At present there are various kinds of theories for the homeland of Semitic. And we consider that the linguistic migration theory is valid for it that is, (1) model of maximum diversity and minimal moves and (2) center of gravity model. Thus we assume that the homeland of Semitic is possibly located in both an agricultural area and a linguistic contact area among Semitic people, such as some area of Mesopotamia or Syria/Palestine. The annual meeting of Western Asiatic Linguistic Society is held at Kyoto Sangyo University which Prof. Oshiro presides for reporting research results.