An Outline of Middle Voice in Syriac : : Evidences of a Linguistic Category /

An Outline of Middle Voice in Syriac : : Evidences of a Linguistic Category / / Margherita Farina.

This study presents a modern linguistic approach to the function of the Syriac et-verbal prefix. Based on a detailed analysis of a number of early Syriac texts, it proposes a unified account of the different values traditionally attributed to the Syriac et- stems. Farina views the data within a typo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Farina, Margherita,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Perspectives on Syriac Linguistics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (197 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • List of Tables and Charts
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • 1. Introduction to the Problem
  • 2. Middle Voice and some Linguistic Correlations
  • 3. Et- forms and Inner Passives in Semitic Studies
  • 4. Textual Analysis 1: Middle Semantics
  • 5. Textual Analysis 2: Coreferential Dative
  • 6. Conclusions
  • Appendix 1. Diathesis in Medieval Syriac Grammars
  • Appendix 2
  • Bibliography

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