TY  - GEN
T1  - Motion, voice, and mood in the Semitic verb
T2  - Languages of the ancient Near East ;
A1  - Sjörs, Ambjörn
LA  - English
PP  - University Park, Pennsylvania
PB  - Eisenbrauns
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1380735103
AB  - "Presents a systematic description of verb forms in Central Semitic that are historically derived from the prefix conjugations of the verbal system by means of suffixes, examining Old Babylonian, Amarna Canaanite, Ugaritic, Biblical Hebrew, and Classical Arabic"--
AB  - 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.
OP  - 199
CN  - PJ3035 .S53 2023eb
SN  - 9781646022526
SN  - 1646022521
SN  - 9781646022519
SN  - 1646022513
SN  - 9781646022267
SN  - 1646022262
KW  - Semitic languages : Verb.
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages (see also Latin).
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages
KW  - Semitic languages : Verb
KW  - Akkadian.
KW  - Amarna Canaanite.
KW  - Arabic.
KW  - Benefactive.
KW  - Cohortative.
KW  - Energic.
KW  - Grammaticalization.
KW  - Hebrew.
KW  - Middle Voice.
KW  - Semitic.
KW  - Subjunctive.
KW  - Ugaritic.
KW  - ventive morpheme.
ER  -