Motion, Voice, and Mood in the Semitic Verb / Ambjörn Sjörs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sjörs, Ambjörn, author.

Series:

Languages of the ancient Near East.

Languages of the Ancient near East Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semitic languages--Verb.

Semitic languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book explores the relationship between the so-called ventive morpheme in Akkadian (-am) and the related suffixes -n and -a in other Semitic languages, including Amarna Canaanite, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Arabic. Using formal reconstructions of the various morphemes and a functional analysis of their different usages, Ambjörn Sjörs convincingly argues that these endings are cognate morphemes that were formally and functionally related to the ventive morpheme in Akkadian.Sjörs provides a systematic description of non-allative ventive verbs in Old Babylonian, the energic and volitive in Amarna Canaanite, the energic and lengthened prefix conjugation in Ugaritic, the lengthened imperfect consecutive in Biblical Hebrew, and the subjunctive and energic in Classical Arabic. Sjörs explains how these verb forms were used within the framework of grammaticalization theory and demonstrates how the suffixes are historically related.Clearly and persuasively argued, Motion, Voice, and Mood in the Semitic Verb sheds valuable light on the Akkadian ventive and its relationship to the other related morphemes. It will be welcomed by linguists specializing in Akkadian, Amarna Canaanite, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Arabic.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Lists of Abbreviations

Symbols and Transcriptions

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1. Preliminaries

Chapter 2. Theoretical Prerequisites

Part 2: Analysis of the Material

Chapter 3. The Middle Ventive in Sargonic Akkadian and Literary Old Babylonian

Chapter 4. The Ventive- Energic in Amarna Canaanite

Chapter 5. The Ventive- Energic in Ugaritic

Chapter 6. The Ventive- Energic in Biblical Hebrew

Chapter 7. The Ventive in Prestandardized Classical Arabic I: The Energic

Chapter 8. The Ventive in Prestandardized Classical Arabic II: The Subjunctive

Part 3: Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 9. Morphological Aspects of the Ventive Morpheme

Chapter 10. Functional Aspects of the Ventive Morpheme

Bibliography

Ancient Source Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64602-252-1

OCLC:

1380735103