Non-Connective Behaviour of the Particle –Qe in the Linear B Documents from Pylos

• Autores: Ester Salgarella
• Localización: Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici, ISSN 1126-6651, Nº. 5, 2019, págs. 71-84
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper examines the non-connective behaviour of the particle -qe on Linear B administrative documents. In Mycenaean -qe usually performs a connective function as a coordinating particle. However, in a number of instances on Pylos documents its behaviour cannot be interpreted as connective. By examining the occurrences of the particle in those contexts where it is understood to perform a non-connecting function and by assessing the interpretations so far advanced to account for such idiosyncratic behaviour, this paper offers an alternative explanation of this peculiar usage of the particle -qe, viewed against the administrative backdrop of information management (recording and retrieval) and storage.