The ancient Egyptian language : an historical study / James P. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, James P., 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--History.

Egyptian language.

Egyptian language--Grammar, Historical.

Egyptian language--Phonology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, the first of its kind, examines how the phonology and grammar of the ancient Egyptian language changed over more than three thousand years of its history, from the first appearance of written documents, c.3250 BC, to the Coptic dialects of the second century AD and later. Part One discusses phonology, working backward from the vowels and consonants of Coptic to those that can be deduced for earlier stages of the language. Part Two is devoted to grammar, including both basic components such as nouns and the complex history of the verbal system. The book thus provides both a synchronic description of the five major historical stages of ancient Egyptian and a diachronic analysis of their development and relationship.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Conventions; 1. Phonological conventions; 2. Glossing conventions; 1 Ancient Egyptian; 1.1 Affinities; 1.2 Historical overview; 1.3 Writing; 1.4 Diachronic analysis; Part One Phonology; 2 Coptic phonology; 2.1 The Coptic alphabet; 2.2 Syllable structure and stress; 2.3 Vowels; 2.4 Consonants; 3 Coptic and Egyptian; 3.1 Syllable structure and stress; 3.2 Vowels; 3.3 Consonants; 4 Correspondents and cognates; 4.1 Egyptian renditions of Semitic words; 4.2 Cognates; 4.3 Values from correspondents and cognates; 5 Egyptian phonology; 5.1 The consonants; 5.1.1 j/y; 5.1.2 /n/r

5.1.35.1.4 w/b/p/f/m; 5.1.5 h////; 5.1.6 z/s; 5.1.7 q/k/g; 5.1.8 t//d/; 5.2 Egyptian consonantal phones and phonemes; 5.3 The graphemes of Egyptian; 5.4 General historical processes; Part Two Grammar; 6 Nouns, pronouns, and adjectives; 6.1 Nouns; 6.2 Interrogative and demonstrative pronouns; 6.3 Personal pronouns; 6.3.1 Suffix pronouns; 6.3.2 Stative pronouns; 6.3.3 Enclitic pronouns; 6.3.4 Independent pronouns; 6.4 Noun phrases; 6.5 Adjectives; 7 Non-verbal predicates; 7.1 Nominal predicates; 7.2 Adjectival predicates; 7.3 Adverbial predicates; 7.4 Negations

7.5 Non-verbal predicates with jw8 Verbs; 8.1 The lexical level; 8.1.1 Biliteral; 8.1.2 Triliteral; 8.1.3 Quadriliteral; 8.2 The phrasal level; 8.3 The clausal level; 8.4 The sentential level; 9 Verbs: Egyptian I; 9.1 Morphology; 9.1.1 Infinitivals; 9.1.2 Nominals; 9.1.3 Imperative; 9.1.4 Stative; 9.1.5 Suffix conjugation; 9.1.6 Suffix conjugation: stp.f; 9.2 Features of the primary verbal system; 9.2.1 Finitude; 9.2.2 Dynamism; 9.2.3 Voice; 9.2.4 Mood; 9.2.5 Aspect; 9.2.6 Summary; 9.3 Negations; 9.4 The expression of past and perfect; 9.5 Analytic constructions; 9.6 Verbal predicates with jw

10 Verbs: Egyptian II10.1 Synthetic forms; 10.2 Analytic forms; 10.3 The verbal system of Egyptian II; 11 Verbs: Egyptian I-II; 11.1 Inflected forms; 11.2 Semantic features; 11.2.1 Voice; 11.2.2 Dynamism; 11.2.3 Mood; 11.2.4 Aspect; 11.2.5 Tense; 11.2.6 Specificity; 12 Subordination; 12.1 Parataxis: noun clauses; 12.2 Parataxis: adverb clauses; 12.3 Parataxis: relative clauses; 12.4 Hypotaxis: nominal forms; 12.5 Hypotaxis: other dedicated forms; 12.6 Hypotaxis: subordinating morphemes; 12.6.1 js; 12.6.2 wnt/ntt and jwt; 12.6.3 r d > d >; 12.6.4 sk and tj; 12.6.5 jw; 12.6.6 ntj and jwtj

12.7 SummaryNotes; Bibliography; Indices

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-34208-2

1-107-34833-1

1-107-34583-9

1-139-50609-9

OCLC:

854970714