Non-Verbal Predication in Ancient Egyptian / / Antonio Loprieno, Matthias Müller, Sami Uljas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Loprieno, Antonio,; Müller, Matthias,; Uljas, Sami,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: The Mouton Companions to Ancient Egyptian , 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 846 p.)

The Egyptian language, with its written documentation spreading from the Early Bronze Age (Ancient Egyptian) to Christian times (Coptic), has rarely been the object of typological studies, grammatical analysis mainly serving philological purposes. This volume offers now a detailed analysis and a diachronic discussion of the non-verbal patterns of the Egyptian language, from the Pyramid Texts (Earlier Egyptian) to Coptic (Later Egyptian), based on an extensive use of data, especially for later phases. By providing a narrative contextualisation and a linguistic glossing of all examples, it addresses the needs not only of students of Egyptian and Coptic, but also of a linguistic readership. After an introduction into the basic typological features of Egyptian, the main book chapters address morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics of the three non-verbal sentence types documented throughout the history of this language: the adverbial sentence, the nominal sentence and the adjectival sentence. These patterns also appear in a variety of clausal environments and can be embedded in verbal constructions. This book provides an ideal introduction into the study of Egyptian historical grammar and an indispensable companion for philological reading.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Index of non-standard glosses used -- Introduction -- Part I: The adverbial sentence -- 1. Internal morpho-syntax -- 2. Clausal morpho-syntax -- 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- 4. Negation -- Part II: The nominal sentence -- 1. Internal morpho-syntax -- 2. Clausal syntax -- 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- 4. Negation -- Part III: The adjectival sentence -- 1. Internal morpho-syntax -- 2. Clausal syntax -- 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- 4. Negation -- Bibliography -- Index of cited sources -- Index of topics