The Verb in the Amarna Letters from Canaan / / Krzysztof J. Baranowski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Baranowski, Krzysztof J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Baranowski, Krzysztof J.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Languages of the Ancient Near East
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

The Amarna letters from Canaan offer us a unique glimpse of the historical and linguistic panorama of the Levant in the middle of the fourteenth century BCE. Their evidence regarding verbs is crucial for the historical and comparative study of the Semitic languages. Proper evaluation of this evidenc...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. The Amarna Letters and Their Study
• 2. The Language of the Amarna Letters from Canaan
• 3. Morphology of the Amarna Verb
• 4. Uses of the Verbal Forms
• 5. Verbs in the Amarna Letters from Canaan from a Systemic Perspective
• Conclusions
• Appendix 1. The Senders of the Amarna Letters
• Appendix 2. The Amarna Letters from Canaan according to Their Provenance
• Appendix 3. The Amarna Letters from Canaan Excluded from Analysis
• Appendix 4. Cities and Their Letters
• Appendix 5. Scribes and Their Letters
• Appendix 6. Morphological Terminology and Abbreviations
• Bibliography
• Index of Texts
• Index of Words Discussed
• Index of Subjects