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This book examines stem change in verb paradigms, as in English go 'go.PRESENT' vs. went 'go.PAST', a phenomenon referred to as suppletion in current linguistic theory. The work is based on a broad sample of 193 languages, and examines this long neglected phenomenon from a typological perspective. In addition to identifying types of suppletion which occur cross-linguistically, the study brings to light areal patterns of the occurrence of suppletive forms in verb paradigms. Several hypotheses as regards the diachronic development of suppletive forms are presented as well. The author also seeks to explore the methodological issues of evaluating the frequency of linguistic features in large language samples by introducing a method of weighting languages according to their genetic relatedness. All figures obtained in this way are compared to the proportions yielded by more familiar counting methods, and the results and implications of the different procedures are compared and discussed throughout.

Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Verb --- Suppletion --- Verb phrase --- Verbals --- Reflexives --- Verb. --- Suppletion. --- Linguistics --- Philology

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"This interdisciplinary study investigates the divine personas in the so-called magical hymns of the Greek magical papyri which, in a corpus usually seen as a significant expression of religious syncretism with strong Egyptian influence, were long considered to be the 'most authentically Greek' contribution. Fifteen hymns receive a line-by-line commentary focusing on religious concepts, ritual practice, language and style. The overarching aim is to categorise the nature of divinity according to its Greek or Egyptian elements, examining earlier Greek and Egyptian sources and religious-magical traditions in order to find textual or conceptual parallels. Are the gods of the magical hymns Greek or Egyptian in nature? Did the magical hymns originate in a Greek or Egyptian cultural background? The book tries to answer these questions and to shed light on the religious plurality and/or fusion of the two cultures in the treatment of divinity in the Greek magical papyri"--

Magic, Greek --- Magic, Egyptian --- Papyri graecae magicae. --- Greece --- Egypt --- Religion --- Griechisch. --- Göttlichkeit. --- Hymne. --- Magic, Egyptian. --- Magic, Greek. --- Magie. --- Papyrus. --- Religion. --- Römerzeit. --- Apollon. --- Hécate. --- Hélios, --- Zauberpapyri. --- Egypt. --- Greece. --- Ägypten --- Egyptian magic --- Coptic magic --- Greek magic

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