Sumerian GrammarIt seems safe to say that this Sumerian Grammar by Professor D.O. Edzard will become the new classic reference in the field. It is an up-to-date, reliable guide to the language of the Sumerians, the inventors of cuneiform writing in the late 4th millennium B.C., and thus essential contributors to the high cultural standard of the whole of Mesopotamia and beyond. Following traditional lines, the Grammar describes general characteristics, origins, linguistic environment, phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and phraseology. Due attention is given to the symbiosis with Semitic Akkadian, with which Sumerian was to form a veritable linguistic area. With lucid explanations of all technical linguistic theory. Each transliteration carries its English translation. |
Contents
CHAPTER ONE The Sumerian Language | 1 |
CHAPTER THREE Minimalia of Sumerian phonology | 13 |
CHAPTER FOUR The word in Sumerian parts | 23 |
CHAPTER SIX Adjectives | 47 |
CHAPTER EIGHT Overview of the sequence of particles | 53 |
CHAPTER TEN Numerals | 61 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN Adverbs | 69 |
CHAPTER TWELVE The verb | 71 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Postnominal andor postverbal | 157 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Conjunctions and subjunctions | 161 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Exclamations | 167 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The SumeroAkkadian linguistic area | 173 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Summary and what is still missing? | 179 |
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