A grammar of Old Assyrian / N. J. C. Kouwenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kouwenberg, N. J. C., author.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 118.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1: The Near and Middle East Online.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 118

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1: The Near and Middle East Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Akkadian language--Grammar.

Akkadian language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (947 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

A Grammar of Old Assyrian describes the language contained in a very large corpus of cuneiform tablets mainly found in Anatolia in the middle of Turkey and dating to ca 1900-1700 BC. These tablets come from the archives of a community of Assyrian merchants who conducted a long-distance trade between Assyria and Anatolia and eventually settled in Anatolia. Alongside Babylonian, Assyrian is one of the main branches of Akkadian, the Semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia (roughly present-day Iraq) in the third, second and first millennium BC, and Old Assyrian is its oldest attested stage. Old Assyrian is also one of the oldest and largest corpora of texts in any Semitic language. "Kouwenberg has managed to describe and discuss the corpus in a structural and comprehensive manner. His grammar will therefore prove to be a useful source of information for decades.

Contents:

Preface

List of Tables

Lists of Abbreviations and Conventions

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Syllabary and Spelling

Chapter 3: Phonology

Chapter 4: The Structure of Nouns

Chapter 5: The Inflection of Nouns

Chapter 6: The Syntax of Nouns

Chapter 7: The Structure, Inflection and Syntax of Adjectives

Chapter 8: Numerals

Chapter 9: Personal and Possessive Pronouns

Chapter 10: Demonstrative Pronouns and Related Adverbs

Chapter 11: Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns and Related Adverbs

Chapter 12: Multifunctional Particles

Chapter 13: Remaining Adverbs and Interjections

Chapter 14: Prepositions

Chapter 15: Enclitic Particles

Chapter 16: The Inflection of the Strong Verb

Chapter 17: The Derived Verbal Stems

Chapter 18: The Conjugation of the Weak Verbs

Chapter 19: The Functions of the Verbal Categories

Chapter 20: The Syntax of the Infinitive

Chapter 21: Voice

Chapter 22: The Syntax of the Simple Clause I

Chapter 23: The Syntax of the Simple Clause II

Chapter 24: Coordination and Disjunction

Chapter 25: Conditional Clauses

Chapter 26: Relative and Adverbial Clauses

Chapter 27: Complement Clauses

References

Indices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kouwenberg, N. J. C. A Grammar of Old Assyrian

ISBN:

9789004472846

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004472846 DOI