Non-verbal predication in Ancient Egyptian / Antonio Loprieno, Matthias Muller, Sami Uljas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loprieno, Antonio, author.

Müller, Matthias (Linguist), author.

Uljas, Sami, author.

Series:

Mouton Companions to Ancient Egyptian, 1861-4302 ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Verb phrase.

Egyptian language.

Egyptian language--Grammar.

Historical linguistics.

Africa--Languages.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (860 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Index of non-standard glosses used

Introduction

1. Internal morpho-syntax

2. Clausal morpho-syntax

3. Semantics and pragmatics

4. Negation

2. Clausal syntax

Bibliography

Index of cited sources

Index of topics

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110409949

3110409941

9783110409895

3110409895

OCLC:

1011446273