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

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• VerfasserIn: Sjörs, Henning Ambjörn,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Languages of the Ancient Near East
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

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.

Table of 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