The language of Ramesses : late Egyptian grammar / François Neveu ; translated from the French by Maria Cannata.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Neveu, François, author.

Contributor:

• Cannata, Maria, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Egyptian language--Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Oxbow Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

François Neveu's seminal work, here available in English for the first time, enables the reader to explore the Ramesside age through an understanding of Late Egyptian. This phase corresponds to the language spoken from the 17th to the 24th dynasty, which became a written language - used for private letters, administrative, legal and literary texts, as well as some official inscriptions - during the Amarna period (circa 1364 BC). The first part of the book covers the basics of the grammar and morphology, while the second part is devoted to the syntax, covering first the verbal system and then the nominal forms. In addition there are two appendices, one devoted to interrogative constructions and another to syllabic writing. The book incorporates the most recent work on the subject and the clarity with which Neveu presents linguistic and grammatical points, and the hundreds of examples used to illustrate the grammatical presentation, makes this the ideal tool for anyone interested in learning Late Egyptian grammar in order to read and understand texts from this period.The texts also introduce the reader to the daily life of the Deir el-Medina workers, the social movements that shook the community, the conspiracies at court, the embezzlement of some priests and other prominent community figures, major historical events, as well as the stories and novels studied and read by the society of the time.

Contents:

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Introduction; Aim of the book; Late Egyptian; General organisation of the book; Note on the transliteration and the passages cited; Acknowledgments; Translator's note; Bibliographical notes; Abbreviations; Part 1: Morphology; 1. Nouns; 1.1 Morphology; 1.2 Syntax; 2. Articles; 2.1 The definite article; 2.2 The indefinite article; 3. Demonstratives; 3.1 First paradigm; 3.1.1 Forms; 3.1.2 Usage; 3.1.3 Remark; 3.2 Second paradigm; 3.2.1 Forms; 3.2.2 Usage; 4. Possessives; 4.1 Forms; 4.2 Usage; 5. Numbers; 5.1 Cardinal numbers
• 5.1.1 Number one5.1.2 Number two; 5.1.3 Numbers 3 to 9; 5.1.3 Numbers from 10 onward; 5.2 Ordinal numbers; 5.2.1 'First'; 5.2.2 From the 'second'; 6. The indefinites; 6.1 nb; 6.2 ky; 6.2.1 Used as adjective; 6.2.2 Used as pronoun; 7. Personal pronouns; 7.1 Suffix pronouns; 7.1.1 Spellings; 7.1.2 Usage; 7.2 Dependent pronouns; 7.2.1 Spellings; 7.2.2 Usage; 7.3 The new Direct Object pronouns; 7.3.1 Spellings; 7.3.2 Origin; 7.3.3 Usage; 7.4 Independent pronouns; 7.4.1 Spelling; 7.4.2 Usage; 8. Prepositions; 9. Adverbs; 10. Particles; 10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 11. Other common morphemes
• 11.1 Negative morphemes11.2 Interrogative morphemes; 11.2.1 Interrogative particles; 11.2.2 Interrogative pronouns; 11.2.3 Interrogative adverb; 11.3 Converters; Part 2: Syntax; 12. Fundamental notions; 12.1 Autonomy; 12.2 Initiality; 12.3 The enunciation; 12.4 The strategy of the enunciation; Verbal System; 13. The infinitive; 13.1 Morphology; 13.2 Syntax; 13.3 Aspectual value; 13.4 Usage; 14. The Pseudo-participle; 14.1 Morphology; 14.2 Values; 14.3 Usage; 14.4 Remarks; Independent Verbal Forms; 15. The perfective sDm.f; 15.1 The active perfective sDm.f
• 15.2 The perfective sDm.f called 'passive'16. The First Present; 16.1 Introduction; 16.2 The predicate is an adverb; 16.3 The predicate is a prepositional phrase; 16.4 The predicate is the Hr + infinitive form; 16.5 The predicate is the m + infinitive form; 16.6 The predicate is a pseudo-participle; 16.7 Special case: the verb rx; 17. The negative aorist; 17.1 Introduction; 17.2 Values; 17.3 bw sDm.n.f (very rare); 17.4 bw sDm.f (quite frequent in school texts); 17.5 bw iri.f sDm; 17.6 Excursus; 18. The expression 'not yet'; 18.1 Active Voice; 18.2 Passive Voice; 19. The Third Future
• 19.1 Introduction19.2 Pronominal subject; 19.3 Nominal subject; 19.4 Remarks; 20. The independent prospective; 21. The imperative; 21.1 Affirmative forms; 21.2 Negative forms; 22. The existential predication; 22.1 Affirmative forms; 22.2 Negative forms; 22.3 Remarks; 23. Second tenses; 23.1 Introduction; 23.2 How second tenses work; 23.3 How to translate second tenses; 23.4 The second tenses periphrased; 23.5 Modal second tense (non-periphrased); 23.6 Other second tenses; 24. Independent forms: recapitulation; 24.1 Table of the main independent forms; 24.2 Conjugation of transitive verbs
• 24.3 Conjugation of intransitive verbs

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9781782978718
• 1782978712
• 9781782978695
• 1782978690

OCLC:

940437797