Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 548)
ISBN:
9789004498990
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental studies volume 168.1
Content:
The book contains a descriptive grammar of Old Babylonian, the best attested period and dialect of Akkadian. Volume 1 describes the orthography, phonology, nouns, pronouns and numbers of Old Babylonian
Content:
Akkadian, written in the cuneiform script, is the most important language of the Ancient Near East and one of the most important members of the Semitic language family. Old Babylonian is the best attested period and dialect of Akkadian. Old Babylonian was written all over Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, Syria) and some neigboring regions during the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE. The book describes the language of middle Old Babylonian from the kings Sin-muballit to Samsu-iluna. Volume 1 extensively describes the orthography, phonology, nouns, pronouns and numbers of Old Babylonian
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Akkadian in General -- 2 Old Babylonian -- 3 Scope and Layout of This Grammar -- 2 Orthography and Phonology -- 1 Cuneiform Writing -- 2 The Vowels -- 3 Consonants -- 4 Syllables -- 5 Word Stress -- 6 Sentence Stress -- 3 Morphology: General Remarks -- 1 Parts of Speech -- 2 Types of Morphemes -- 4 Pronouns -- 1 Generalities -- 2 Personal Pronouns -- 3 Demonstrative Pronouns -- 4 The Determinative Pronoun -- 5 Interrogative Pronouns -- 6 Indefinite Pronouns -- 5 Nouns -- 1 Inflectional Categories -- 2 Noun Patterns -- 3 Loaned Nouns -- 4 Compound Noun Phrases -- 5 Gender -- 6 Number -- 7 Case -- 8 State -- 6 Numbers -- 1 Cardinals -- 2 Ordinals -- 3 Fractions -- 4 Multiplicatives -- 5 Derivations from Numbers -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Words -- Index of Texts.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004498983
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Streck, Michael P., 1965 - Handbook of Oriental studies ; Section 1, Volume 168, Volume 1 Leiden : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004498983
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Akkadisch
;
Grammatik
DOI:
10.1163/9789004498990
Author information:
Streck, Michael P. 1965-
