Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation

by Guy Deutscher

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In this book Guy Deutscher examines the historical development of Akkadian, the oldest recorded Semitic language and one of the earliest attested languages. Two thousand years of texts from 2500BC to 500BC provide a unique source for the study of linguistic change.

The first two parts of the book present an historical grammar of sentential complementation. Part one traces the emergence of new structures, describing how finite complements first...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199532222

ISBN13:9780199532223

Release Date:December 2007

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages

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