Bēl Lišāni : : Current Research in Akkadian Linguistics / / ed. by Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee, Na’ama Pat-El.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Beaulieu, Paul- Alain,; Bjøru, Øyvind,; Hasselbach-Andee, Rebecca,; Kalinin, Maksim,; Kouwenberg, N. J. C.,; Loesov, Sergey,; Pat-El, Na‘ama,; Ridder, Jacob J. de,; Sjörs, Ambjörn,; Streck, Michael P.,; Vita, Juan- Pablo,
• HerausgeberIn: Hasselbach-Andee, Rebecca,; Pat-El, Na’ama,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

Akkadian, a Semitic language attested in writing from 2600 BCE until the first century CE, was the language of Mesopotamia for nearly three millennia. This volume examines the language from a comparative and historical linguistic perspective. Inspired by the work of renowned linguist John Huehnergar...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Remarks on Word Order and the Syntax of ša-Clauses in Late Hellenistic Babylonian
• Chapter 2. The Indicative Markers in West Semitic and Their Relationship to the East Semitic Subordinative
• Chapter 3. Eblaite and Akkadian: A Look at the Pronominal System
• Chapter 4. How the Neo- Assyrian Verb Works: Tense and Voice
• Chapter 5. Cognate Objects in Akkadian
• Chapter 6. “All Is Number”: Verbs and Nouns Derived from the Cardinal Numbers in Akkadian
• Chapter 7. Notes on the Use of the Subordinative in Oaths in Akkadian
• Chapter 8. Akkadian Lexicography: New Discoveries
• Chapter 9. The Akkadian of the King of Beirut in the Late Bronze Age
• Contributors
• Index of Authors
• Subject index