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Schmalstieg, William Riegel was born on October 3, 1929 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John William and Dorothy Augusta (Riegel) Schmalstieg.
(This elementary textbook is an introduction to the Hittit...)
This elementary textbook is an introduction to the Hittite language and writing system for self instruction and for beginning students, especially students who cannot work easily with the existing German grammars but who want a more up-to-date source than Sturtevant's 1933 Comparative Grammar of the Hittite Language. Beginning Hittite contains a grammar, reader, glossary, and cuneiform sign list. The grammar is descriptive, not historical, although features of Old Hittite which differ significantly from the younger language are noted. Copious examples are provided, especially in the syntax section. The selections for reading include portions of the Apology of Hattusilis, the Treaty with Alaksandus, the Hittite Laws, and the Letter of King Tut's Widow to Suppiluliumas. Each is presented in cuneiform with interlinear transliteration and verbatim translation. Free translations are also given. All words occurring in both the reader and the grammar section are included in the glossary, where definitions, grammatical identification, and location in the book are provided
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(Studies in Old Prussian remedies the lack of a single sou...)
Studies in Old Prussian remedies the lack of a single source (volume) which critically surveys the entire literature devoted to the subject since the end of World War II. It provides a thorough review of the literature of the origin and history of the Old Prussian people as well as comprehensive review of the recent literature devoted to the morphology and phonology of the language. As a result, this volume has a unique value to students of Old Prussian.Of great importance is the inclusion of a critical analysis of the newly discovered Basel epigram and the new version of Simon Grunau's vocabulary.
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The purpose of this book is to suggest a possible scenario for the history of Baltic verbal morphology with relatively little attention to semantics and syntax. The various stages of development from a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European verbal system to the attested systems of the extant Baltic languages are proposed. Various innovative theories of the author and other contemporary specialists in Baltic historical linguistics are discussed and evaluated, in many cases making available the results of their work available in English for the first time. In addition to a large bibliography on the Baltic verb the book is supplied with an index of each word form discussed.
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Schmalstieg, William Riegel was born on October 3, 1929 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John William and Dorothy Augusta (Riegel) Schmalstieg.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1950. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1952. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Vilnius University, 1994.
Instructor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1956-1959; assistant professor, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1959-1963; associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963-1964; professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1964; head department Slavic languages, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1969-1991. Member International Commission Balto-Slavic Linguistics, since 1973. Appointed Edwin Erle Sparks professor Slavic Language, 1990.
(This elementary textbook is an introduction to the Hittit...)
( This book reexamines the grammar of the Old Prussian la...)
(Studies in Old Prussian remedies the lack of a single sou...)
(The purpose of this book is to suggest a possible scenari...)
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Served to First lieutenant United States Army, 1952-1954. Member Association Advancement Baltic Studies (president 1982-1984), American Association Teachers of Slavic and East European Langs.
Married Emily Lou Botdorf, March 28, 1952. Children: Linda, Roxanne.