Non-Verbal Predication in Ancient Egyptian

Antonio Loprieno; Matthias Müller; Sami Uljas

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2017

Non-Verbal Predication in Ancient Egyptian

Antonio Loprieno , Matthias Müller and Sami Uljas

Volume 2 in the series The Mouton Companions to Ancient Egyptian

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110409895

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About this book

The Egyptian language, with its written documentation spreading from the Early Bronze Age (Ancient Egyptian) to Christian times (Coptic), has rarely been the object of typological studies, grammatical analysis mainly serving philological purposes.

This volume offers now a detailed analysis and a diachronic discussion of the non-verbal patterns of the Egyptian language, from the Pyramid Texts (Earlier Egyptian) to Coptic (Later Egyptian), based on an extensive use of data, especially for later phases. By providing a narrative contextualisation and a linguistic glossing of all examples, it addresses the needs not only of students of Egyptian and Coptic, but also of a linguistic readership. After an introduction into the basic typological features of Egyptian, the main book chapters address morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics of the three non-verbal sentence types documented throughout the history of this language: the adverbial sentence, the nominal sentence and the adjectival sentence. These patterns also appear in a variety of clausal environments and can be embedded in verbal constructions.

This book provides an ideal introduction into the study of Egyptian historical grammar and an indispensable companion for philological reading.

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Antonio Loprieno & Matthias Müller, University of Basel; Sami Uljas, University of Uppsala.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Index of non-standard glosses used Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The adverbial sentence
1. Internal morpho-syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Clausal morpho-syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3. Semantics and pragmatics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
4. Negation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Part II: The nominal sentence
1. Internal morpho-syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
2. Clausal syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
3. Semantics and pragmatics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	519
4. Negation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	601
Part III: The adjectival sentence
1. Internal morpho-syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	649
2. Clausal syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	699
3. Semantics and pragmatics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	723
4. Negation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	747
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	759
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: General Linguists, Typologists, Historical Linguists, Specialists in Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic Languages
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 846
Keywords: Historical Linguistics; Ancient Egyptian; Non-Verbal Predication

eBook

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110409895

Hardcover

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110406115

Paperback

Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110651577