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" Studies in the Emar lexicon "
E. J. Pentiuc
J. Huehnergard
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1113333
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TLpq304435123
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E. J. Pentiuc
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J. Huehnergard
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Studies in the Emar lexicon\ E. J. PentiucJ. Huehnergard
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Harvard University
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1998
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1998
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Ph.D.
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472
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The first part of this dissertation is a glossary of non-normative Akkadian forms found in the Late Bronze Akkadian texts from Emar. The forms are listed according to the Akkadian spellings, each main entry being followed by a brief philological commentary. The origin of the forms discussed in the glossary is diverse, viz., Akkadian forms with unusual spellings, Hurrian and Hittite words, West Semitic forms, and many words whose origin and meaning remain still unknown. Special emphasis is put on the West Semitic forms. The method of work used here is that of comparative analysis. Each form is studied in comparison with similar forms attested in other Semitic languages, i.e., the North West Semitic group, and the other branches of the Semitic tree. This study shows that most of the West Semitic forms found at Emar are etymologically and semantically close to the Northwest Semitic group. The second part of the dissertation is a collection of grammatical observations pertaining to the West Semitic forms only. This part is structured into three sections, viz., Orthography, Phonology, and Morphology. The first section contains a syllabary with the syllabic values attested in the West Semitic material, followed by a list of West Semitic phonemes and their syllabic representations. The second section focuses on some phonological processes such as assimilation, dissimilation, prosthesis, syncope. Different types of assimilation (i.e., vowel assimilation: regressive, around gutturals and labials, and consonant assimilation) are discussed. The final section is a short presentation of several parts of speech encountered in the West Semitic corpus, viz., pronoun, noun, and verb. The focus falls primarily on nouns, as studied under two angles, patterns and inflection. From a large variety of patterns, the qittil- < *qattil- pattern seems to be the most representative for the Emar nominal system. With respect to the verb, one can notice the shift from the predicative use of verbal adjective to a qatVla suffix conjugation (perfective aspect). As for the D-stem infinitive/verbal noun, this form looks similar to the Ugaritic D-stem infinitive quttalu. The dissertation ends with an appendix (lists of Hittite and Hurrian forms), a bibliography of works cited, and an index of forms discussed in the Glossary.
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Ancient languages
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Language, literature and linguistics
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Syria
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