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Subject(s)

• Tell el-Amarna tablets [Browse]
• Akkadian language—Verb [Browse]
• Canaanite language—Verb [Browse]
• Assyro-Babylonian letters [Browse]

Series

• Languages of the ancient Near East ; 6. [More in this series]
• The Languages of the Ancient Near East ; 6

Summary note

"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 evidence requires an understanding of its scribal origin and nature. For this reason, The Verb in the Amarna Letters from Canaan addresses the historical circumstances in which the linguistic code of the letters was born and the unique characteristics of this system."-- Provided by publisher

Notes

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 2014.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and indexes.

Contents

• The Amarna letters and their study
• The language of the Amarna letters from Canaan
• Morphology of the Amarna verb
• Uses of the verbal forms
• Verbs in teh Amarna letters from Canaan from a systemic perspective.

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ISBN

• 9781575064611 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
• 1575064618 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016023357

OCLC

946967860

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