Federico Giusfredi Books

Focusing on the syntactic structure of Luwian, this book employs a phrase-structural approach influenced by generative grammar to analyze ancient Anatolian corpora, the earliest examples of Indo-European languages. It acknowledges the challenges of applying modern theoretical models to ancient languages while striving to illustrate the key configurational features of Luwian syntax. Through detailed analysis, it aims to enhance understanding of this ancient language's structure and its significance in the broader context of Indo-European studies.

The Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions of the Iron Age contain sparse but substantial information regarding several aspects of the socio-economic structure of the so-called Neo-Hittite states, such as royal, official and professional titles, nouns of measures, records of local adiminstrative activities and of private or semi-private trades. The goal of the present work is to present and examine this epigraphic documentation and to extrapolate, with a philological, historical and linguistic approach, the data pertaining to a socio-economic history of the Iron Age Luwian kingdoms of Syria and Anatolia.