Mood and Modality in Hurrian by Dennis R.M. Campbell ...

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Dennis R. M., Author.

Series:

Languages of the ancient Near East ; 5.

Languages of the Ancient Near East ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modality (Linguistics).

Indo-European languages--Grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Mood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2015, cop. 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mood and Modality in Hurrian provides a formal and functional analysis of the Hurrian modal morphemes. Unlike the better-known Semitic and Indo-European languages of the ancient Near East, Hurrian has a rich complement of modal endings. This at-times bewildering variety in form and function of modal morphemes in Hurrian has been a largely unstudied topic. Although it has been touched upon in a number of studies, it has not received a detailed treatment until now. The present work will be seen by some as a potentially radical departure from standard understandings of the way these endings work, but this is not the intent. No systematic treatment of these morphemes has been attempted, and because of this, certain thoughts (and assumptions) on form and function have grown from tentative postulations to grammatical certainties over the years. And although some of these suppositions have borne the test of time, many others were in need of major revision. Campbell s conclusions represent a major shift in the way that we understand these modal forms and make his work important reading for Semitists and Indo-Europeanists alike.

Contents:

Preface; Abbreviations; General; Reference Works; Introduction; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The Hurrians and Hurrian Language Source Material; 1.3. Statement of Purpose; 1.4. Current State of the Field; 1.5. Layout of the Work; 1.6. Note on the Transcription of the Hurrian Language; Hurrian Grammar and the Indicative Verb; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Ergativity; 2.3. Hurrian Word Formation; 2.4. The Nominal System; 2.5. The Indicative Verb; 2.6. Syntax; 2.7. Examples; Mood and Modality; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Mood in Hurrian; 3.3. Function of Hurrian Moods; Imperative; 4.1. Background

4.2. Form and Function in Hurrian 4.3. Form in Context; 4.4. Conclusion; The Jussive; 5.1. Background; 5.2. Form and Function in Hurrian; 5.3. The Form in Context; 5.4 Conclusion; Optative; 6.1. Background; 6.2. Form and Function in Hurrian; 6.3. The Form in Context; The Potential; 7.1. Background; 7.2. Form and Function in Hurrian; 7.3. The Potential Form in Context; 7.4. Conclusion; Purposive; 8.1. Introduction; Form and Function in Hurrian; 8.3.The Form in Context; Desiderative; 9.1.Background; 9.2. Form and Function in Hurrian; 9.3. The Form in Context; 9.4.Conclusion

illandin and illandu/o 10.1. Form and Function; 10.2. The Form in Context; Forms with i/e and Forms with u/o; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Form and Function; 11.3. as a Modal Morpheme; The Morphemes; 12.1. Introduction; 12.2. i and o 12.3. 'l'12.4. Conclusion: The Hurrian Verb Revisited; 13.1. General Remarks; 13.2. The Nonindicative; 13.3. Examples; Glossary of Words; Sumerogram with Uncertain Hurrian Reading; Divine Names; Personal Names; Geographical Names; Cited Passages; Urartian Texts

Concordance of Corpus der hurritischen Sprachdenkmäler and Text Publication Numbers Appendix 3.1. ChS to Publication Number; Appendix 3.2. Publication to ChS; Bibliography; Blank Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Texte remanie de: These de doctorat: Langues et civilisations du Proche-Orient ancien: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations University of Chicago: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-340).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781575067148

1575067145

OCLC:

896688028