Case in Semitic : roles, relations, and reconstruction / Rebecca Hasselbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasselbach-Andee, Rebecca.

Series:

Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 3.

Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semitic languages--Case grammar.

Semitic languages.

Semitic languages--Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume reconstructs the Semitic case system, based on a detailed analysis of the expression of grammatical roles and relations in the attested Semitic languages. It brings typological methods to bear on the study of comparative Semitics and includes detailed analyses of a wide range of data.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series preface; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Bibliographical abbreviations; Other abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Methodological considerations; 2 The Semitic case system: basic evidence and traditional reconstruction; 2.1 Semitic evidence; 2.2 Conflicting evidence; 2.3 Alternative reconstructions; 2.4 Evidence for case systems in non-Semitic branches of Afro-Asiatic; 2.5 Summary; 3 Linguistic typology; 3.1 Typological hierarchies and the concept of markedness; 3.2 Grammatical roles and relations; 3.3 Head- and dependent-marking; 3.4 Case

6 The function of case markers in Semitic6.1 The "Nominative" -u; 6.2 The "Genitive" -i; 6.3 The "Accusative" -a; 6.4 The "Absolute" ending -Ø; 6.5 Reconstruction of the Semitic basic cases; 7 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 24, 2013).

ISBN:

1-299-45789-4

0-19-165191-5

OCLC:

839543602