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Copular Clauses and Focus Marking in Sumerian
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Gábor Zólyomi
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-05 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This work is the first comprehensive description of Sumerian constructions involving a copula. Using around 400 fully glossed examples, it gives a thorough anal
Thetics and Categoricals
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Werner Abraham
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-22 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Thetics and Categoricals do not belong to the categories of German grammar. Thetics were introduced in logic as impersonal and broad focus constructions. They l
The Grammar of Perspective
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Christopher Woods
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-05-31 - Publisher: BRILL

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The so-called Sumerian conjugation prefixes are the most poorly understood and perplexing elements of Sumerian verbal morphology. Approaching the problem from a
Sumerian Grammar
Language: en
Pages: 215
Authors: Dietz Otto Edzard
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-08-01 - Publisher: BRILL

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It 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
Unaccusativity and the Double Object Construction in Sumerian
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: J. Cale Johnson
Categories: Sumerian language
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

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Sumerian, probably the earliest attested language in human history, has no known cognates. Accordingly, many features of Sumerian grammar are still under discus