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Filling in the Facts: The Practice of Space-Filling in Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions
argued that the vowel signs in these sequences are frequently used as space-fillers in almost all texts dateable
to the Iron Age. Space-filling explains the presence of many vowel signs commonly taken as linguistically
void, and a new transliteration method is proposed to mark these space-fillers in a uniform way. It is also
shown that many vowel signs cannot have been used as space-fillers. Rather, these signs are linguistically
significant and bound to express a phonetic feature. On a methodological level, this article considers how we
can meaningfully distinguish space-fillers from linguistically real plene writing, as both were not marked
differently by the scribes. The last section examines space-fillers in greater detail: their chronological distribution
and vowel quality are treated, as are some conspicuous and rare types of space-filling....Show moreThis article explores the use of sign sequences (plene writing) in Hieroglyphic Luwian. It is
argued that the vowel signs in these sequences are frequently used as space-fillers in almost all texts dateable
to the Iron Age. Space-filling explains the presence of many vowel signs commonly taken as linguistically
void, and a new transliteration method is proposed to mark these space-fillers in a uniform way. It is also
shown that many vowel signs cannot have been used as space-fillers. Rather, these signs are linguistically
significant and bound to express a phonetic feature. On a methodological level, this article considers how we
can meaningfully distinguish space-fillers from linguistically real plene writing, as both were not marked
differently by the scribes. The last section examines space-fillers in greater detail: their chronological distribution
and vowel quality are treated, as are some conspicuous and rare types of space-filling.Show less
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- Vertegaal, A.J.J.
- Date
- 2017-12-01
- Journal
- Altorientalische Forschungen
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 235 - 260
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- NWO
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- 276-70-026